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Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure

Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Series:
Studies in Development Economics and Policy
Title:
Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure
Authors:
Edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Shabd S. Acharya and Benjamin Davis
Publication date:
October 2007
ISBN 13 Print:
9780230553576
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2007
Keywords:
human rights, gender, HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity, environment, world hunger
JEL:
Q18, I30, K33
Project:
Hunger and Food Security: New Challenges and New Opportunities
Format:
hardback book
 
When the history of our times is written, unarguably one of its greatest crimes would be that despite unprecedented plenty, millions of our children still have to sleep hungry. The essays in this volume suggest with rigour and compassion that it does not have to be this way. — Harsh Mander, Special Commissioner to the Supreme Court of India in the Writ Petition (Civil) No. 196 filed before the Supreme Court on 2001, by the People’s Union for Civil Liberty (PUCL), Rajasthan known as the ‘right to food’ case.
 
Any single approach to understanding food security oversimplifies. This collection of analyses from various perspectives and contexts helps us to recognize the richness of the food security concept. … We may be tempted to take one way of understanding the causes, character and remedies for food insecurity as the correct one, but this volume teaches us that openness to multiple approaches can enrich our appreciation of the meaning of food security. — George Kent, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii
 
This notable book was not written for readers who are looking for quick and simple solutions of the problem of hunger, but for those who seek to understand the multi-faceted character of food insecurity and who wish to learn from practical experiences. The value of the book lies in the understanding of food insecurity as an outcome of a complex set of physical, economic, social, and political factors and in the special attention to critical determinants, such as vulnerability, gender inequality, and human rights violations, to special issues such as the role of HIV/AIDS or micro-nutrient deficiency, and to experiences with safety net policies as necessary components of comprehensive food security programmes. — Hartwig de Haen, Former Assistant Director-General, FAO and retired Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen