{"product_id":"the-global-food-crisis-jennifer-clapp-9781554581924","title":"The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Clapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1554581923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781554581924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.20w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 119","brand":"Jennifer Clapp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716444877055,"sku":"9781554581924","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86fafd67-b9ca-4935-b2d5-17e5d5347364.jpg?v=1705682371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-global-food-crisis-jennifer-clapp-9781554581924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}