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Food security in Asia / Amitava Mukherjee.

By: Mukherjee, Amitava, 1951-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2012. Description: xxi, 393 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9788132109068 (hbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Food security -- Asia | Food-supply -- AsiaDDC classification: 338.195 LOC classification: HD9016.A2 | M85 2012Online resources: WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC Setting the context and the problematic -- Food insecurity and its causes -- Food insecurities faced by women and girl children -- A select suite of government response to hunger -- Community based responses to food security -- Social access and social protection for food security -- Towards an agenda on food security for Asia.
Summary: Summary: A comprehensive analysis of the critical dimensions of food security in various countries of Asia. It attempts to draw attention towards the fact that food insecurity is a complex phenomenon, expanding economic access to food, special access to food for disadvantaged groups, and, breaking down the gender-based barriers to accessing food.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Text Text Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU
Reserve Section 		Non-fiction 338.195 MUF 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan 25807
Text Text Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU
Reserve Section 		Non-fiction 338.195 MUF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-2 Not For Loan 25808
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Setting the context and the problematic --
Food insecurity and its causes --
Food insecurities faced by women and girl children --
A select suite of government response to hunger --
Community based responses to food security --
Social access and social protection for food security --
Towards an agenda on food security for Asia.

Summary:


A comprehensive analysis of the critical dimensions of food security in various countries of Asia. It attempts to draw attention towards the fact that food insecurity is a complex phenomenon, expanding economic access to food, special access to food for disadvantaged groups, and, breaking down the gender-based barriers to accessing food.

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