Food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Title:

Author:

Devereux, Stephen, 1959-

ISBN:

9781853395239

9781869140274

Publication Information:

London : ITDG, 2001.

Physical Description:

xviii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction / Stephen Devereux and Simon Maxwell -- 1. The Evolution of Thinking about Food Security / Simon Maxwell -- 2. Agricultural Issues in Food Security / Simon Maxwell -- 3. Household Food and Livelihood Security / Jeremy Swift and Kate Hamilton -- 4. Food Security and the Environment / Susanna Moorehead and William Wolmer -- 5. Famine in Africa / Stephen Devereux -- 6. Food Marketing / Bob Baulch -- 7. Food Aid and Trade / Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan -- 8. Food Security Information Systems / Stephen Devereux -- 9. Nutrition and Intervention Strategies / Helen Young -- 10. Transfers and Safety Nets / Stephen Devereux -- 11. Organizational Issues in Food Security Planning / Simon Maxwell.

Abstract:

Food insecurity is no longer seen simply as a problem of agriculture and a failure of food production at the national level, but instead as a failure of livelihoods to guarantee access to sufficient food at household level.

Subject Term:

Food supply -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Sécurité alimentaire.

Ménages.

Pénurie alimentaire.

Planification alimentaire.

Environnement.

Food supply. (OCoLC)fst00931196

Ernährungssicherung. (DE-588)4152826-8

Ernährungssicherung.

Geographic Term:

Afrique subsaharienne.

Africa, Sub-Saharan. (OCoLC)fst01239520

Subsaharisches Afrika. (DE-588)4053770-5

Schwarzafrika.

Added Author:

Devereux, Stephen, 1959-

Maxwell, Simon.

Added Corporate Author:

Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England)

Electronic Access:

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Summary

Sub-Saharan Africa's persistent food insecurity and vulnerability to famine reflects failures of understanding as much as failures of interventions. Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa aims to contribute towards an improved understanding for more effective food security policy. This book brings together eleven substantial chapters on critical food security issues, and draws on a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from agricultural economics to nutrition. Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s. Food insecurity is no longer seen simply as a problem of agriculture and a failure of food production at the national level, but instead as a failure of livelihoods to guarantee access to sufficient food at household level. The authors are all food security experts with long experience of research and advisory work in Africa.