Reclaiming food security

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Carolan, Michael S. (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
EditionFirst published
SeriesEarthscan food and agriculture
Subjects
ISBN9780415816960
978-0-415-81695-3
Physical Descriptionxi, 196 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • A failed project
  • Food security: a brief history
  • Calorie-ization of food security
  • Neoliberalization of food security
  • Empty calorie-ization of food security
  • Pieces missed
  • Well-being and nutrition
  • Life expectancy
  • Subjective indicators of well-being
  • Aggregate well-being indicators
  • Nutritional well-being
  • Sustainability
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Energy consumption
  • Water
  • Waste
  • Meat
  • Environmental performance index: agriculture
  • Food sovereignty, safety and access
  • Farmer dependency
  • Constricting consumer choice
  • Food safety
  • Import dependency
  • Looking forward
  • The food and human security index
  • Individual and society well-being
  • Ecological sustainability
  • Potential for food independence
  • Nutritional well-being
  • Freedom in agrifood chain
  • Results
  • Lessons learned
  • From Green Revolution to rainbow evolution
  • So what can we eat if not GDP?
  • Food security as process (not a thing)
  • Towards a new social imaginary