Handbook on Food. Demand, Supply, Sustainability and Security - Raghbendra Jha;Raghav Gaiha;Anil B. Deolalikar

This book provides the first such integrated approach to tackling this problem by addressing the multiplicity of challenges posed by rising global population, diet diversification and urbanization in developing countries and climate change.

It examines key topics such as:the impact of prosperity on food demandthe role of international trade in addressing food insecuritythe challenge posed by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land degradationthe implication on labor markets of severe under-nutritionviability of small scale farmsstrategies to augment food availability.

The Handbook on Food would be a welcome supplementary text for courses on development economics, particularly those concentrating on agricultural development, climate change and food availability, as well as nutrition.

Contributors include: Anshuman Adheleya, Alok Adheleya, M. Das, D. Dawe, O. Ecker, C.L. Gilbert, D. Goswami, J.E. Gready, D. Headey, K.S. Imai, S. Jha, N. Kaicker, S. Kaur, V.S. Kulkarni, A. Mahal, K. Mathur, K. Otsuka, S. Pfuderer, A. Sarris, C. Sathyamala, J. Schmidhuber, P.V. Srinivasan, L. Sutton, G. Thapa, P. Timmer, J.-F. Trinh Tan, F.N. Tubiello, P. Warr, J. You