{"product_id":"the-global-food-crisis-governance-challenges-and-opportunities-paperback","title":"The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Clapp\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarc J. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. \u003ci\u003eThe Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities\u003c\/i\u003e captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world's poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCo-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Clapp\u003c\/b\u003e is CIGI Research Chair in International Governance and a professor in the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo. Among her recent books are \u003ci\u003ePaths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press) and \u003ci\u003eCorporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press). She is co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eGlobal Environmental Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is Humanitarian Researcher at Oxfam America. His research focuses on the links between humanitarian emergencies and climate change, protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict, and humanitarian assistance reform. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the international development program at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.96 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461366464690,"sku":"9781554581924","price":82.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/BUH8VmdyJc9781554581924.webp?v=1782840928","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-global-food-crisis-governance-challenges-and-opportunities-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}