Food Security: (SAGE Library of International Security)

Following years of complacency about food security and agriculture, world food prices began increasing in 2000 and currently remain well above long run trends. Research into this phenomenon reveals a highly complex and cross-disciplinary issue, which is fast becoming a defining feature of our times. Fuelled by a huge variety of interlinking factors, including rapid or improved economic growth -particularly in Asia and Africa - as well water scarcity, climate change, and the increasing demand for biofuels, the renewed urgency due to recent high food prices has focused much-needed attention on the challenges of food security. The articles in these volumes address the major challenges and debates around food security and the policies, investments, and technologies required to reduce or eliminate food insecurity. Organised thematically, each volume is introduced by an essay that synthesizes the topics covered therein, including the following: Volume One: Food Demand, Access and Utilization Volume Two: Producing Enough Food Volume Three: Markets, Value Chains, Trade and Macroeconomic Policy Volume Four: Food Policy for Food Security

Table of Contents:
VOLUME ONE – FOOD DEMAND, ACCESS, AND UTILIZATION Part One – What Is Food Security? An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Food Security - Food and Agriculture Organization Food Security: Definition and Measurement - Per Pinstrup-Anderson Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security (Summary) - United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition Post-Green Revolution Food Systems and the Triple Burden of Malnutrition - Miguel Gomez, Christopher Barrett, Terri Raney et al. Part Two – Agricultural Transformation and Food Security The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development - Bruce Johnston and John Mellor Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries: A Survey of Research - Bruce Johnston A Century-Long Perspective on Agricultural Development - Christopher Barrett, Michael Carter and Peter Timmer Part Three – Income, Poverty, and Access to Food Ingredients of Famine Analysis: Availability and Entitlements - Amartya Sen Inequality as a Determinant of Malnutrition and Unemployment: Policy - Partha Dasgupta and Debraj Ray The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Empirical and Policy Implications - Christopher Barrett and Michael Carter Long Term Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition - Harold Alderman, John Hoddinott and Bill Kinsey Part Four – The Changing Dynamics of Food Demand and Food Security Food Consumption Trends and Drivers - John Kearney Alternative Futures for World Cereal and Meat Consumption - Mark Rosegrant, Nancy Leach and Roberta Gerpacio Maternal and Child Undernutrition: Global and Regional Exposures and Health Consequences - Robert Black, Lindsay Allen, Zulfiqar Bhutta, et al. The Global Epidemic of Obesity: An Overview - Benjamin Caballero VOLUME TWO – PRODUCING ENOUGH FOOD Part One – Sources of Agricultural Growth International Productivity Patterns: Accounting for Input Quality, Infrastructure, and Research - Barbara Craig, Philip Pardey and Johannes Roseboom Government Spending, Growth and Poverty in Rural India - Shengeen Fan, Peter Hazell and Sukhadeo Thorat Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000 - Robert Evenson and Doug Gollin The Asian Green Revolution - Peter Hazell Paying for Prosperity: How and Why to Invest in Agricultural Research and Development in Africa - William Masters Part Two – Water, Land, and Climate Change Water for Agriculture: Maintaining Food Security under Growing Scarcity - Mark Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler and Tingju Zhu Investing in Water for Food, Ecosystems, and Livelihoods: An Overview of the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture - Charlotte de Fraiture, David Molden and Dennis Wichelns Revisiting the Commons: Local lessons, Global Challenges - Elinor Ostrom, Joanna Burger, Christopher Field et al. Land Tenure and Agricultural Productivity in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Economics Literature and Recent Policy Strategies and Reforms - Frank Place Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security - Tim Wheeler and Joachim von Braun Part Three – Sustainable Food Production and Consumption for the Future Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies - Tara Garnett, Charles Godfray et al. Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People - Charles Godfray, John Beddington, Ian Crute et al. Livestock Production: Recent Trends, Future Prospects - Philip Thornton Intensive Food Systems in Asia: Can the Degradation Problems Be Reversed? - Prabhu Pingali and Mark Rosegrant Biodiversity Conservation and Agricultural Sustainability: Towards a New Paradigm of ‘Ecoagriculture’ - Sara Scherr and Jeffrey McNeely The Impact of Organic Farming on Food Security in a Regional and Global Perspective - Niels Halberg, Timothy Sulser, Henning Høgh-Jensen et al. VOLUME THREE – MARKETS, VALUE CHAINS, TRADE AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY Part One – The Dynamics of Markets and Value Chains The Economics of the Food System Revolution - Thomas Reardon and Charles Timmer Smallholder Participation in Contract Farming: Comparative Evidence from Five Countries - Christopher Barrett, Maren Bachke, Marc Bellemare et al. Selling at the Farmgate or Traveling to Market - Marcel Fafchamps and Ruth Vargas Hill Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa - Jenny Aker and Isaac Mbiti Part Two – Food Safety, Food Quality, Food Waste, and Biofortification Mad Cows and Bt Potatoes: Global Public Goods in the Food System - Laurian Unnevehr Economics of Food Safety in Chains: A Review of General Principles - Natasha Valeeva, Miranda Meuwissen and Ruud Huirne Traceability, Liability, and Incentives for Food Safety and Quality - Sébastien Pouliot and Daniel Sumner Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste in Our Food System - Vaclav Smil Biofortification: Progress toward a More Nourishing Future - Amy Saltzman, Ekin Birol, Howarth Bouis et al. Part Three – International Trade, Price Stabilization and Macro Policy Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets - Kym Anderson, Gordon Rausser and Johan Swinnen Trade Liberalization and Poverty: The Evidence So Far - Alan Winters, Neil McCulloch and Andrew Mckay Managing Food Price Risks and Instability in a Liberalizing Market Environment: Overview and Policy Options - Derek Byerlee, T.S. Jayne and Robert Myers International Grain Reserves and Other Instruments to Address Volatility in Grain Markets - Brian Wright VOLUME FOUR – FOOD POLICY FOR FOOD SECURITY Part One – Inputs and Subsidies Should Governments Stop Subsidies to Private Goods? Evidence from Rural Latin America - Ramon López and Gregmar Galinato Addressing the “Wicked Problem” of Input Subsidy Programs in Africa - Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Thomas Jayne and Gerald Shively Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Evidence from Kenya - Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer and Jonathan Robinson Agricultural Mechanization: A Comparative Historical Perspective - Hans Binswanger Part Two – Food Aid, Crop Insurance, and Agricultural Credit Agricultural Insurance in Developed Countries: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? - Vincent Smith and Joseph Glauber Offering Rainfall Insurance to Informal Insurance Groups: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia - Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas, Daniel Clarke et al. Persistent Poverty and Informal Credit - Paulo Santos and Christopher Barrett Mapping the Impacts of Food Aid: Current Knowledge and Future Directions - Amy Margolies and John Hoddinott Part Three – Social Protection and Direct Interventions Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions and Programmes: How Can They Help to Accelerate Progress in Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition? - Marie Ruel, Harold Alderman and the Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group Interventions for Micronutrient Deficiency Control in Developing Countries: Past, Present and Future - Lindsay Allen Social Protection in the Real World: Issues, Models and Challenges - Ugo Gentilini

About the Author :
Mark W. Rosegrant is the Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC. With a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, he has extensive experience in research and policy analysis in agriculture and economic development, with an emphasis on water resources and other natural resource and agricultural policy issues as they impact food security, rural livelihoods, and environmental sustainability. He currently directs research on climate change, water resources, sustainable land management, genetic resources and biotechnology, and agriculture and energy. He is the author or editor of 12 books and over 100 refereed papers in agricultural economics, water resources, and food policy analysis. Dr. Rosegrant has won numerous awards, such as Outstanding Journal Article (2008), Quality of Communications Award (2004), and Distinguished Policy Contribution Award (2002) awarded by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (formerly American Agricultural Economics Association); and Best Article Award (2005) from the International Water Resources Association. Dr. Rosegrant is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and a Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.