World food security : a history since 1945

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Shaw, D. John, 1934- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Subjects
od 1945
potravinová bezpečnost > od 1945
zásobování potravinami > od 1945
potravinová politika > od 1945
potravinové zdroje > od 1945
hospodářské dějiny > od 1945
food security > 1945-
food supply > 1945-
food policy > 1945-
food sources > 1945-
economic history > 1945-
monografie
monographs
Online AccessObsah
Biografické informace
Vydavatelská anotace

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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. 1945-70. Early attempts : FAO's pioneering work. FAO's origins ; Food surpluses : historical background ; World Food Board proposal ; International Commodity Clearing House ; A world food reserve ; National food reserves in developing countries ; International commodity agreements ; Freedom from Hunger campaign ; The development of food aid
  • pt. II. 1970-90. The world food crisis of the 1970s and its aftermath. World food crisis ; World Food Conference, 1974 ; International Undertaking on World Food Security ; An international grain reserves system ; International Emergency Food Reserve ; Global information and early warning system ; International Trade, Stability and Agricultural Adjustment ; World Food Council ; ILO World Employment Conference, 1976 ; Food entitlement ; Pragmatism and politics ; World Bank perspective ; Food subsidies
  • pt. III. The 1990s and beyond : international conferences. International development strategy for the 1990s ; International conferences ; World Summit for Children, 1990 ; UN Conference on Environment and Development, 1992 ; International Conference on Water and the Environment, 1992 ; International Conference on Nutrition, 1992 ; World Conference on Human Rights, 1993 ; World Conference on Overcoming Global Hunger, 1993 ; International Conference on Population and Development, 1994 ; World Summit for Social Development, 1995 ; A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, 1995 ; Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995 ; World Food Summit, 1996 ; World Agricultural Trade : WTO and the Doha Declaration ; UN Millennium Summit, 2000 ; International Conference on Financing for Development, 2002 ; World Summit, 2005
  • pt. IV. Assessment : the graveyard of aspirations. Redefining the concept of food security ; Dimensions of poverty ; Future action.

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