{"product_id":"the-outer-fields-ali-ayoub-9781972033227","title":"The Outer Fields: A Framework for Understanding Food Systems Under Stress","description":"The Outer Fields is a groundbreaking analysis of how global food systems have re-emerged as strategic infrastructure in an era defined by contested logistics, economic statecraft, and geopolitical rivalry. Moving beyond traditional treatments of food security as a humanitarian or commercial concern, the book demonstrates how calories, protein, agricultural inputs, and the corridors that move them now shape national endurance, coalition cohesion, and political decision-space during crises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on historical anchors-from World War II grain logistics to Soviet era famine politics-and integrating contemporary evidence from China's agricultural strategy, the book introduces a rigorous analytic framework for understanding \"Agri power\" the ability to secure, move, process, and regulate food and inputs at scale in ways that enhance resilience and generate leverage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the lens of the PRC's \"outer fields\" campaign, the analysis shows how overseas production, state aligned trading firms, standards-setting, fertilizer and seed control, and port integration form a system designed to reduce exposure to maritime disruption while expanding influence over external actors. The book's Agri Power Matrix provides researchers and practitioners with a structured method for evaluating vulnerabilities and leverage points across logistics, seasonal timing, regulatory environments, and technology-enabled agricultural systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for policy analysts, academics, agribusiness leaders, and supply-chain strategists, The Outer Fields offers a clear, empirically grounded roadmap for understanding how food-system dependencies emerge, how they can be mitigated, and how they may be exploited-intentionally or unintentionally-through regulatory, logistical, and market mechanisms. It is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand how food, inputs, and corridors shape strategic behavior in a world where trade-continuity can no longer be assumed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ali Ayoub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1972033220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972033227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ayoub Sciences Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Ali Ayoub","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588469043455,"sku":"9781972033227","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-outer-fields-ali-ayoub-9781972033227","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}