Trade, food security, and human rights : the rules for international trade in agricultural products and the evolving world food crisis / Ying Chen.

• Why should we care? -- Causes of the current food insecurity and potential solutions : poverty -- Causes of the current food insecurity and potential solutions : human overpopulation -- Causes of the current food insecurity and potential solutions : lack of farmland and the expansion of biofuel industry -- Uneven food distribution and distorted agricultural trade : an overlooked factor -- Prospects for further agricultural trade reform -- Agricultural policies in the EU and the US and their impact on international agricultural trade -- Conclusion.

• The author argues here that there is no absolute food shortage and that distorted agricultural trade which undermines world food distribution is a vital and overlooked factor. The book looks at EU and US agricultural policies and World Trade Organization negotiations in agriculture and proposes that the international trade regime reconciles trade rules with the consideration of food security issues. Several other enforceable solutions to reduce world hunger and malnutrition are also advanced, including national capacity building, the improvement of governance, and strategic development of biof. 

Ämnesord

Right to food.  (LCSH)

Foreign trade regulation.  (LCSH)

Agricultural laws and legislation.  (LCSH)

Food supply  -- Law and legislation. (LCSH)

Food security.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

363.8 (DDC)

Qade (kssb/8 (machine generated))