Food Security

VOLUME ONE - FOOD DEMAND, ACCESS, AND UTILIZATION Part One - What Is Food Security? An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Food Security - Food and Agriculture Organization Food Security: Definition and Measurement - Per Pinstrup-Anderson Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security (Summary) - United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition Post-Green Revolution Food Systems and the Triple Burden of Malnutrition - Miguel Gomez, Christopher Barrett, Terri Raney et al. Part Two - Agricultural Transformation and Food Security The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development - Bruce Johnston and John Mellor Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries: A Survey of Research - Bruce Johnston A Century-Long Perspective on Agricultural Development - Christopher Barrett, Michael Carter and Peter Timmer Part Three - Income, Poverty, and Access to Food Ingredients of Famine Analysis: Availability and Entitlements - Amartya Sen Inequality as a Determinant of Malnutrition and Unemployment: Policy - Partha Dasgupta and Debraj Ray The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Empirical and Policy Implications - Christopher Barrett and Michael Carter Long Term Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition - Harold Alderman, John Hoddinott and Bill Kinsey Part Four - The Changing Dynamics of Food Demand and Food Security Food Consumption Trends and Drivers - John Kearney Alternative Futures for World Cereal and Meat Consumption - Mark Rosegrant, Nancy Leach and Roberta Gerpacio Maternal and Child Undernutrition: Global and Regional Exposures and Health Consequences - Robert Black, Lindsay Allen, Zulfiqar Bhutta, et al. The Global Epidemic of Obesity: An Overview - Benjamin Caballero VOLUME TWO - PRODUCING ENOUGH FOOD Part One - Sources of Agricultural Growth International Productivity Patterns: Accounting for Input Quality, Infrastructure, and Research - Barbara Craig, Philip Pardey and Johannes Roseboom Government Spending, Growth and Poverty in Rural India - Shengeen Fan, Peter Hazell and Sukhadeo Thorat Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000 - Robert Evenson and Doug Gollin The Asian Green Revolution - Peter Hazell Paying for Prosperity: How and Why to Invest in Agricultural Research and Development in Africa - William Masters Part Two - Water, Land, and Climate Change Water for Agriculture: Maintaining Food Security under Growing Scarcity - Mark Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler and Tingju Zhu Investing in Water for Food, Ecosystems, and Livelihoods: An Overview of the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture - Charlotte de Fraiture, David Molden and Dennis Wichelns Revisiting the Commons: Local lessons, Global Challenges - Elinor Ostrom, Joanna Burger, Christopher Field et al. Land Tenure and Agricultural Productivity in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Economics Literature and Recent Policy Strategies and Reforms - Frank Place Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security - Tim Wheeler and Joachim von Braun Part Three - Sustainable Food Production and Consumption for the Future Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies - Tara Garnett, Charles Godfray et al. Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People - Charles Godfray, John Beddington, Ian Crute et al. Livestock Production: Recent Trends, Future Prospects - Philip Thornton Intensive Food Systems in Asia: Can the Degradation Problems Be Reversed? - Prabhu Pingali and Mark Rosegrant Biodiversity Conservation and Agricultural Sustainability: Towards a New Paradigm of 'Ecoagriculture' - Sara Scherr and Jeffrey McNeely The Impact of Organic Farming on Food Security in a Regional and Global Perspective - Niels Halberg, Timothy Sulser, Henning Hogh-Jensen et al. VOLUME THREE - MARKETS, VALUE CHAINS, TRADE AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY Part One - The Dynamics of Markets and Value Chains The Economics of the Food System Revolution - Thomas Reardon and Charles Timmer Smallholder Participation in Contract Farming: Comparative Evidence from Five Countries - Christopher Barrett, Maren Bachke, Marc Bellemare et al. Selling at the Farmgate or Traveling to Market - Marcel Fafchamps and Ruth Vargas Hill Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa - Jenny Aker and Isaac Mbiti Part Two - Food Safety, Food Quality, Food Waste, and Biofortification Mad Cows and Bt Potatoes: Global Public Goods in the Food System - Laurian Unnevehr Economics of Food Safety in Chains: A Review of General Principles - Natasha Valeeva, Miranda Meuwissen and Ruud Huirne Traceability, Liability, and Incentives for Food Safety and Quality - Sebastien Pouliot and Daniel Sumner Improving Efficiency and Reducing Waste in Our Food System - Vaclav Smil Biofortification: Progress toward a More Nourishing Future - Amy Saltzman, Ekin Birol, Howarth Bouis et al. Part Three - International Trade, Price Stabilization and Macro Policy Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets - Kym Anderson, Gordon Rausser and Johan Swinnen Trade Liberalization and Poverty: The Evidence So Far - Alan Winters, Neil McCulloch and Andrew Mckay Managing Food Price Risks and Instability in a Liberalizing Market Environment: Overview and Policy Options - Derek Byerlee, T.S. Jayne and Robert Myers International Grain Reserves and Other Instruments to Address Volatility in Grain Markets - Brian Wright VOLUME FOUR - FOOD POLICY FOR FOOD SECURITY Part One - Inputs and Subsidies Should Governments Stop Subsidies to Private Goods? Evidence from Rural Latin America - Ramon Lopez and Gregmar Galinato Addressing the "Wicked Problem" of Input Subsidy Programs in Africa - Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Thomas Jayne and Gerald Shively Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Evidence from Kenya - Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer and Jonathan Robinson Agricultural Mechanization: A Comparative Historical Perspective - Hans Binswanger Part Two - Food Aid, Crop Insurance, and Agricultural Credit Agricultural Insurance in Developed Countries: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? - Vincent Smith and Joseph Glauber Offering Rainfall Insurance to Informal Insurance Groups: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia - Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas, Daniel Clarke et al. Persistent Poverty and Informal Credit - Paulo Santos and Christopher Barrett Mapping the Impacts of Food Aid: Current Knowledge and Future Directions - Amy Margolies and John Hoddinott Part Three - Social Protection and Direct Interventions Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions and Programmes: How Can They Help to Accelerate Progress in Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition? - Marie Ruel, Harold Alderman and the Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group Interventions for Micronutrient Deficiency Control in Developing Countries: Past, Present and Future - Lindsay Allen Social Protection in the Real World: Issues, Models and Challenges - Ugo Gentilini