| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 196 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Earthscan food and agriculture |
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Earthscan food and agriculture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A failed project -- Food security: a brief history -- Calorie-ization of food security -- Neoliberalization of food security -- Empty calorie-ization of food security -- Pieces missed -- Well-being and nutrition -- Life expectancy -- Subjective indicators of well-being -- Aggregate well-being indicators -- Nutritional well-being -- Sustainability -- Greenhouse gas emissions -- Energy consumption -- Water -- Waste -- Meat -- Environmental performance index: agriculture -- Food sovereignty, safety and access -- Farmer dependency -- Constricting consumer choice -- Food safety -- Import dependency -- Looking forward -- The food and human security index -- Individual and society well-being -- Ecological sustainability -- Potential for food independence -- Nutritional well-being -- Freedom in agrifood chain -- Results -- Lessons learned -- From Green Revolution to rainbow evolution -- So what can we eat if not GDP? -- Food security as process (not a thing) -- Towards a new social imaginary. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Food security -- Social aspects.
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Human security.
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Agriculture -- Environmental aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415816953 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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9780415816960 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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9780203387931 (electronic bk.) |
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