Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 393 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Setting the context and the problematic -- Food insecurity and its causes -- Food insecurities faced by women and girl children -- A select suite of government response to hunger -- Community based responses to food security -- Social access and social protection for food security -- Towards an agenda on food security for Asia. |
Summary |
Food Security in Asia provides a comprehensive analysis of the critical dimensions of food security in various countries of Asia. It attempts to draw attention towards the fact that food insecurity is a complex phenomenon, requiring a comprehensive response encompassing increasing food production, expanding economic access to food, especial access to food for disadvantaged groups and most importantly, breaking down the gender-based barriers to accessing food. While highlighting on the pressure exerted by climate change and world population growth, it also prescribes certain id. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Food security -- Asia.
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Food security. |
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Asia. |
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Food supply -- Asia.
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Food supply. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9788132109068 8132109066 (DLC) 2012027010 |
ISBN |
8132111079 (electronic book) |
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9788132111078 (electronic book) |
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9788132109068 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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8132109066 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1283939932 |
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9781283939935 |
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