Food Security and Global Environmental Change

ISBN-13: 9781849711272 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 384 str.

John Ingram; Polly Ericksen; Diana Liverman

Opis

Global environmental change represents an immediate threat to the food security of millions of people, especially those who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. This book shows agriculture and related activities also contribute to climate change, by intensifying greenhouse gas emissions and altering the land surface.

Spis treści

Preface.  Acknowledgements  Part 1: Food Security and Global Environmental Change  1. Food Security and the Global Environment: an Overview  2. The Value of the Food Systems Approach  3. Lessons Learned from International Assessments  4. Part I Main Messages  Part 2: Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation in Food Systems  5. Vulnerability and Resilience of Food Systems  6. What is Vulnerable?  7. Vulnerability to What? 8. Adapting Food Systems  9. Part 2 Main Messages  Part 3: Engaging Stakeholders  10. The Science-Policy Interface  11. Engaging Stakeholders at the Regional Level  12. Part 3 Main Messages  Part 4: A Regional Approach  13. Why Regions?  14. Stakeholders' Approaches to Regional Food Security Research  15. Undertaking Research at the Regional Level  16. Part 4 Main Messages  Part 5: Food Systems in a Changing World  17. Food, Violence and Human Rights  18. Governance Beyond the State: Non-state Actors and Food Systems  19. Green Food Systems for 9 Billion  20. Surprises and Possibilities  21. Part 5 Main Messages  22. Reflection on the Book