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Food Security, Agricultural Policies and Economic Growth: Long-term Dynamics in the Past, Present and Future
Niek Koning
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Description for Food Security, Agricultural Policies and Economic Growth: Long-term Dynamics in the Past, Present and Future
Paperback. Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 19 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPQB; KNAC; RNFF; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth. The book begins by discussing the nature of preindustrial food crises and the changes that have occurred since the 19th century with the ascent of technical science and the fossil fuel revolution. It explains how these changes improved living standards but that the realization of this improvement was usually dependent on government support for smallholder modernization. The author sets out how the evolution of food security in different regions has been ... Read more
Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth. The book begins by discussing the nature of preindustrial food crises and the changes that have occurred since the 19th century with the ascent of technical science and the fossil fuel revolution. It explains how these changes improved living standards but that the realization of this improvement was usually dependent on government support for smallholder modernization. The author sets out how the evolution of food security in different regions has been ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Earthscan Food and Agriculture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138803053
SKU
V9781138803053
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99-1
About Niek Koning
Niek Koning is an Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Development and Food Security, and Emeritus Assistant Professor with the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
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