| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents -- Foreword -- 1Introduction to the Global Food Crisis -- PART ONE: THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS -- 2 Hunger, Harvests and Profits: The Tragic Records of the Global Food Crisis -- 3 Root Causes: How the Industrial Agrifoods Complex Ate the Global South -- 4 The Overproduction of Hunger: Uncle Sam’s Farm and Food Bill -- 5 Agrofuels: A Bad Idea at the Worst Possible Time -- 6 Summing Up the Crisis -- PART TWO: WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT -- 7 Overcoming the Crisis: Transforming the Food System -- 8 Africa and the End of Hunger -- 9 The Challenge of Food Sovereignty in Northern Countries -- 10 Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Civil Society Statement on the World Food Emergency -- Appendix 2 Land, Territory and Dignity Forum, Porto Alegre, March 6–9, 2006 -- Appendix 3 ROPPA—Pan-African Farmers’ Platform -- Appendix 4 Declarations of the African Organizations—Planet Diversity, May 12–16, 2008 -- Appendix 5 Africa: 25th FAO Africa Conference—African Women’s Statement -- Appendix 6 High-Level Meeting on Food Security, Madrid, January 26–27,2009 -- Appendix 7 US Call to Action -- Appendix 8 Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Annotated bibliography -- References. |
| Summary |
Today there are over a billion hungry people on the planet, more than ever before in history. While the global food crisis dropped out of the news in 2008, it returned in 2011 (and is threatening us again in 2012) and remains a painful reality for the world's poor and underserved. Why, in a time of record harvests, are a record number of people going hungry? And why are a handful of corporations making record profits? In Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice, authors Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel with Annie Shattuck offer us the real story behind the global food crisis and document the growing trend of grassroots solutions to hunger spreading around the world. Food Rebellions! contains up to date information about the current political and economic realities of our food systems. Anchored in political economy and an historical perspective, it is a valuable academic resource for understanding the root causes of hunger, growing inequality, the industrial agri-foods complex, and political unrest. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Holt-Giménez and Patel give a detailed historical analysis of the events that led to the global food crisis and document the grassroots initiatives of social movements working to forge food sovereignty around the world. These social movements and this inspiring book compel readers to confront the crucial question: Who is hungry, why, and what can we do about it?. |
| Note |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| Local Note |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Food prices.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. |
| Added Author |
Patel, Raj.
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Bello, Walden.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Holt-Gimenez, Eric Food Rebellions : Crisis and the Hunger for Justice Oakland : Food First Books,c2009 9780935028348 |
| ISBN |
9780935028416 (electronic bk.) |
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