Economic Reforms and Food Security
The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia
1st Edition
Published on 8. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-1-56022-257-6 (ISBN)
Description
Gain new insight on alleviating food insecurity in one of the poorest areas of the world!
This book analyzes various facets of economic reforms in South Asia and their implications for attaining food security. It illuminates relevant issues regarding the constraints and challenges in achieving food security, focusing on South Asian countries where a large percentage of the world's poor reside. This timely resource examines possible future courses of action involving trade and new technological advances to improve agriculture-led development in the region.
Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia focuses its attention on the economic reforms and experiences of six nations:
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia includes the most relevant presentations made at the South Asia Regional Conference held in New Delhi in April of 2002. The book features experts who present lively, important debate on such significant issues as:
current economic reformshave they really enhanced food security?
trade liberalizationcan the WTO and new trade opportunities handle food security concerns?
new technological optionshow they contribute to agricultural production and food security
the challenges of waterpricing, subsidies, and other issues in irrigation
agricultural diversification and market reforms-how they increase food availability
interventions in food and nutrition securityshort-term solutions to reduce food insecurity
and more!
Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia contains numerous tables and figures to demonstrate the current food situation in this area of the world and offers projections of where improvements can be made. Students and faculty of economics or South Asia will find this book extremely useful; it will also benefit development researchers, policymakers, and governmental officials who are searching for answers to poverty and starvation in developing countries. This text shows you how a concerted effort by governments, agencies, organizations, industries, and individualsbacked by adequate resources and changes in policiescan accelerate progress toward achieving sustainable food security for all.
This book analyzes various facets of economic reforms in South Asia and their implications for attaining food security. It illuminates relevant issues regarding the constraints and challenges in achieving food security, focusing on South Asian countries where a large percentage of the world's poor reside. This timely resource examines possible future courses of action involving trade and new technological advances to improve agriculture-led development in the region.
Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia focuses its attention on the economic reforms and experiences of six nations:
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia includes the most relevant presentations made at the South Asia Regional Conference held in New Delhi in April of 2002. The book features experts who present lively, important debate on such significant issues as:
current economic reformshave they really enhanced food security?
trade liberalizationcan the WTO and new trade opportunities handle food security concerns?
new technological optionshow they contribute to agricultural production and food security
the challenges of waterpricing, subsidies, and other issues in irrigation
agricultural diversification and market reforms-how they increase food availability
interventions in food and nutrition securityshort-term solutions to reduce food insecurity
and more!
Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia contains numerous tables and figures to demonstrate the current food situation in this area of the world and offers projections of where improvements can be made. Students and faculty of economics or South Asia will find this book extremely useful; it will also benefit development researchers, policymakers, and governmental officials who are searching for answers to poverty and starvation in developing countries. This text shows you how a concerted effort by governments, agencies, organizations, industries, and individualsbacked by adequate resources and changes in policiescan accelerate progress toward achieving sustainable food security for all.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56022-257-6 (9781560222576)
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Suresh Babu | Ashok Gulati
Economic Reforms and Food Security
The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia
Book
03/2005
1st Edition
CRC Press
€148.50
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Persons
Mark Rosegrant, Suresh Babu (International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA) (Edited by) , Isher Ahluwalia, Ashok Gulati (International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, India) (Edited by) , Mangala Rai, Manmohan Singh (Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, California, USA), Per Pinstrup-Andersen, V. Vyas, Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Marcelle Thomas, Sherman Robinson, Asnwarul Hoda, Paul Dorosh, Quazi Shahabuddin, Panjab Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), Peter Hazell, Anitha Ramanna, Sangeeta Udgaonkar, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, K. Raju.
Content
About the Editors,, Contributors,, Foreword (Joachim von Braun, Isher Judge Alhuwalia, and Mangala Rai),, Acknowledgments,, Introduction. Economic Reforms and Food Security in South Asia: An Overview of ,the Issues and Challenges (Suresh Chandra Babu and Ashok Gulati),, Background,, Outline of the Book,, Conclusion,, PART I: ECONOMIC REFORMS, TRADE, TECHNOLOGY, AND FOOD ,SECURITY,, Chapter 1. Have Economic Reforms Enhanced Food Security? (Manmohan Singh) ,, Chapter 2. Food Security in South Asia: A 2020 Perspective (Per Pinstrup-Andersen),, Introduction,, Food Security Situation and Outlook to 2020,, Driving Forces,, Policy Priorities,, Conclusion,, Chapter 3. Food Security in South Asia: Issues, Options, and Opportunities (Vijay S. Vyas),, The Concept of Food Security,, The Status of Food Security,, Public Policies,, Regional Collaboration,, PART II: TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA,, Chapter 4. WTO Agricultural Negotiations and Food Security in Developing Countries (Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Marcelle Thomas, and Sherman Robinson),, Introduction,, Food and Nutrition Security,, Trends in Food Security,, Variety of Food Security Situations and Implications for WTO Negotiations,, Trade Liberalization, Food Security, and Industrialized Countries,, Food Security Problems in Developing Countries,, Conclusion,, Chapter 5. Indian Agriculture, Food Security, and the WTO-AOA (Anwarul Hoda and Ashok Gulati),, The Emergence of Food Security Concerns in India,, India and the AOA,, Is the AOA a Threat to India's