Rethinking Food and Agriculture

New Ways Forward
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-12-816410-5
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 820 g

Zielgruppe

<p>students, academics, professionals, researchers, educationalists, activists, service providers and decision-makers in the public, private and civil sectors, extension staff of development agencies, staff of international and national development and technical assistance agencies</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kassam, Amir

Kassam, Laila

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ökologische Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Setting innovation free in agriculture 2. Agriculture planted the seeds of alienation from nature 3. Political-economy of the global food and agriculture system 4. Neo-colonialism and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: A gendered analysis of the development consequences for Africa 5. The myth of a food crisis 6. Animal Ethics as Critique of Animal Agriculture, Environmentalism, Foodieism, Locavorism, and Clean Meat 7. A food system fit for the future 8. Why change the way we grow, process and consume our food? 9. Two paradigms of science - and two models of science-based agriculture 10. Paradigms of Agriculture 11. Soil health and the revolutionary potential of Conservation Agriculture 12. Climate change adaptability and mitigation in Conservation Agriculture 13. Will gene-edited and other GM crops fail sustainable food systems? 14. Sustaining agricultural biodiversity and heterogeneous seeds 15. Healthy diets as a guide to responsible food systems 16. Knowledge systems for inclusively responsible food and agriculture 17. Social movements in the transformation of food and agriculture systems 18. Alternatives to the global food regime: Steps towards system transformation 19. Co-creating responsible food and agriculture systems 20. Towards inclusive responsibility

Über Autor(innen)

Kassam, Laila
Laila Kassam PhD is a development economist and has been working in rural development since 2003, and is a co-founder of Animal Think Tank.

Kassam, Amir
Amir Kassam OBE, FRSB, PhD, is visiting professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading, UK.