Food security and sustanability : investment and financing along agro-food chains

"This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies. A Millennium Development goal and important policy concern, food security is experiencing renewed interest due to globalisation, which has led t...

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Other Authors Mergos, George, 1948- (Editor), Papanastassiou, Marina (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan [2017]
Subjects
Food security.
Sustainability.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319407906
9783319407890
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Food Security and Sustainability: Globalisation, Investment and Financing / George Mergos and Marina Papanastassiou
  • 2. The food security debate in a shifting market environment / Tassos Haniotis
  • 3. Green Growth Strategies in Agriculture in OECD Countries / Wilfrid Legg
  • 4. The Dominant Presence of MNEs in Agro-Food GVCs: Implications for the Developing Countries / Rajneesh Narula and M. Shakil Wahed
  • 5. Global Value Chains, Multinational Corporations and Food Security: Essential Theoretical and Methodological Challenges for a Sustainable Policy Agenda / Marina Papanastassiou and George Mergos
  • 6. Financial needs and tools for agricultural development and transformation pertinent to low-income and low-middle income countries / Alexandros Sarris
  • 7. Micro-Financial Services and Risk Management for Food Security: A vulnerable household perspective / Jyoti Navare
  • 8. Innovative agro-food value chain financing in Greece / Ioannis E. Chaniotakis
  • 9. Extreme volatility in agricultural commodity markets and implications for food security / Athanasios Triantafyllou, George Dotsis, Alexandros Sarris
  • 10. Can MENA Reach the Sustainable Development Goals? An overview of opportunities and challenges for food and nutrition security / Nadim Khouri, Clemens Breisinger and Hagar ElDidi
  • 11. Food security and vocational education and training: Exploring the links in the Egyptian case / Salma Soliman
  • 12. Food security, competitiveness and trade: The case of Tunisian agriculture / Ibtissem Taghouti, Mohamed Elloumi, Victor Martinez-Gomez, Jos Mara Garca lvarez-Coque
  • 13. Food Security in Mongolia: A System Innovation Perspective / Jae-Hwan Park, Jee-Yeon Choi, Tae-Hyung Kim and Steve Evans
  • 14. Household Behavior on Food Security during an Economic Crisis / Irene Kamenidou, Constantinos- Vasilios Priporas and Konstantinos Rigas.

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