The Global Hunger Crisis

Tackling Food Insecurity in Developing Countries

Majda Bne Saad

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English

Pluto Press
06 March 2013

Development studies; Food & society

For billions across the world, the daily challenge is to find enough to eat to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity and poverty and rising food prices increasingly jeopardising access to food. But what are the causes for global hunger? And as the global population soars, what are the key food challenges?

In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies the causes for global hunger which are embedded in the current economic system, apportioning blame for global hunger on the West's continuing support for and subsidies to biofuels, which have created persistent and formidable new demands for food commodities. Saad proposes we fight-back, arguing for a 'second green revolution' to grow more food and by analysing the factors constraining low-income nations from achieving food security, she considers policies which could generate income and enhance individuals' entitlement to food.

By: Majda Bne Saad
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 375g
ISBN: 9780745330679
ISBN 10: 0745330673
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 06 March 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Majda Bne Saad lectured in Food Security, Famines and Development Management at University College Dublin before her retirement. She is a member of the National Irish Famine Commemoration Committee and involved in national level development Task Forces in Ireland. She is the co-editor of Trade, Aid and Development (2006).

Reviews for The Global Hunger Crisis: Tackling Food Insecurity in Developing Countries

This timely book reminds us why food security is back at the top of the development policy agenda. Saad asks all the controversial questions - why do famines persist when the capacity exists to prevent them? is peasant agriculture retarding poverty reduction in low-income food deficit countries? do GMOs offer a potential solution or are the risks too high? why do rural women remain invisible to policy-makers? - and provides thoughtful and balanced answers. This book should be mandatory reading for anyone who believes, despite the food price spikes of 2007, that the global hunger crisis is over. -- Stephen Devereux is a development economist with 25 years experience in food security, poverty and rural development in 13 African countries. He has been a Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex since 1996. He has written or edited 7 books on food security, famine and social protection, and has published articles in more than 20 journals