1: Christopher B. Barrett: Food or Consequences: Food Security and
Its Implications for Global Sociopolitical Stability
2: Mark W. Rosegrant, Simla Tokgoz, and Prapti Bhandary: The Future
of the Global Food Economy
3: Mark A. Cane and Dong Eun Lee: What Do We Know about the Climate
of the Next Decade?
4: Klaus Deininger: The Global Land Rush
5: Upmanu Lall: Global Freshwater and Food Security in the Face of
Potential Adversity
6: Timothy R. McClanahan, Eddie H. Allison, and Joshua E. Cinner:
Managing Marine Resources for Food and Human Security
7: Susan McCouch and Samuel Crowell: Crop Technologies for the
Coming Decade
8: John McDermott, Dolapo Enahoro, and Mario Herrero: Livestock
Futures to 2020
9: Robert McLeman: Labor Migration and Food Security in a Changing
Climate
10: Kym Anderson: Trade Policies and Global Food Security
11: Daniel Maxwell: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability: A
Humanitarian Perspective
12: Wendy Wolford and Ryan Nehring: Moral Economies of Food
Security and Protest in Latin America
13: Christopher B. Barrett and Joanna B. Upton: Food Security and
Sociopolitical Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa
14: Travis J. Lybbert and Heather R. Morgan: Lessons from the Arab
Spring: Food Security and Stability in the Middle East and North
Africa
15: Johan Swinnen and Kristine Van Herck: Food Security and
Sociopolitical Stability in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
16: Arun Agrawal: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability in
South Asia
17: Luc Christiaensen: When China Runs Out of Farmers
18: C. Peter Timmer: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability in
East and Southeast Asia
Chris Barrett is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of
Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of
Agriculture in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and
Management as well as Professor in the Department of Economics at
Cornell University where he also serves as the Director of the
Cornell Institute for International Food, Agriculture and
Development's initiative on Stimulating Agricultural and Rural
Transformation. He
holds degrees from Princeton (A.B., History, 1984), Oxford (M.S.,
Development Economics, 1985) and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison (dual Ph.D., Economics and Agricultural
Economics, 1994). He has
published several books and more than 250 journal articles or book
chapters. He served as editor of the American Journal of
Agricultural Economics 2003-2008, and is an associate editor or
editorial board member of the African Journal of Agricultural and
Resource Economics and the Egerton (Kenya) Journal of Humanities.
`Rising incomes and growing populations mean more mouths to feed
with more and better food. This book warns the world that this
rising demand for food is not being met with rising supply, and
that young, hungry poor people will threaten global peace and
prosperity. This is no alarmist tract, however, but a
well-researched, considered, and balanced collection of essays,
with an emphasis on ways that domestic and global policy can
minimize risk. An important
read for all in the food policy and international security
communities.'
Chris Blattman, Columbia University
`Food insecurity and hunger lead to lower productivity, poor heath
and shortened life span of individuals. Food shortage and increased
food prices can also lead to large disruptions and conflict of
societies. This volume edited by Barrett and contributed to by some
of the most authoritative scholars in the areas of food policy
analyzes the relationship between food security and sociopolitical
stability and re-sensitizes the important issue of feeding the
world sustainably and stably in the future in terms of both natural
environment and human society. The book is an excellent reference
for scholars, students, policymakers and analysts, and
development
practitioners working on agriculture, food and international
development.'
Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research
Institute
`This book is a high-quality and accessible contribution to a
pressing policy issue: how to increase food production in a way
that meets demand, reduces hunger, and prevents the worst kinds of
sociopolitical instability. Food production strategies that are
insensitive to food price volatility, to resource scarcity and
environmental externalities, and to the propensity for conflict are
doomed to fail. Those who formulate agricultural and food policy
need
to beginnowto view all of their choices through a triple lens of
hunger reduction, conflict prevention and environmental management.
If they do not, the legacy of their poor choices will be long
lasting
and will hurt the most vulnerable and powerless. Fortunately for
the policymakers and their advisers, the contributions from the
authors in this excellent book will help them to make the right
decisions.'
Lawrence Haddad, Director, Institute of Development Studies
`Finally, a volume on food security accessible to non-specialists
yet authored by an A-list of international experts. There is no
sensationalism here, just plenty of solid analysis, up to date
information, and complete topical and regional coverage. If you are
concerned about the contemporary social and political context of
food security in poor countries, start by reading this book.'
Robert Paarlberg, author of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to
Know
`This volume is accessible to a wide range of audiences and will be
of value to policy analysts, policy makers, economists, other
social scientists, and those interested in the serious analysis and
moral implications of both food security and socio-political
stability.'
M. J. Frost, Choice,
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