UID:
almahu_9949383487202882
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780429346507
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0429346506
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9781000698459
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1000698459
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9781000699173
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100069917X
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9781000698817
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1000698815
Content:
This volume foregrounds the importance of regional cooperation in the context of food security challenges in South Asia. South Asia holds the key to global achievement of SDG targets of ending hunger and malnutrition - it accounts for nearly one-third of food-insecure people on the planet, with every third child suffering from stunting due to malnutrition. Similar food preferences, production systems, and the transboundary nature of agrarian ecosystems call for coordinated action by South Asian countries, complementing national actions dealing with food security challenges. In this volume, leading experts discuss the perspectives of key South Asian countries in leveraging regional cooperation for addressing food security challenges and reflect on the potential of cooperative actions in different areas. The book proposes a ten-point regional policy agenda covering cooperation for combatting climate change, regional trade liberalization, operationalization of regional food reserves, leveraging technology, sharing of good practices, regional institution building, coordinated positions in multilateral trade negotiations, addressing trans-boundary outbreak of livestock diseases, strengthening food safety standards, and the management of shared natural resources. A key volume on accomplishing SDGs in the South Asian context, this book will be of immense interest to policy makers, researchers, and development practitioners. It is also essential reading for scholars and researchers in the areas of development studies, South Asia studies, food security, environment and sustainability.
Note:
1 Regional cooperation for sustainable food security in South Asia: an overview and policy lessons Nagesh Kumar and Joseph George PART I Regional perspectives on food security 2 Realizing sustainable food security in South Asia: progress, challenges and opportunities Upali Wickramasinghe 3 Potential for intraregional trade in food products in South Asia Indra Nath Mukherji 4 Agricultural trade in South Asia: issues, challenges and the way forward Sachin Chaturvedi 5 SAARC Food Bank: raising operational efficacy Mustafizur Rahman, Estiaque Bari and Sherajum Monira Farin PART II National food security strategies: leveraging regional cooperation 6 Ensuring food security in Bangladesh: issues beyond production and challenges ahead Mustafizur Rahman and Towfiqul Islam Khan 7 India's national food security strategies and potential for regional cooperation S. Mahendra Dev 8 State of food security in Nepal: addressing concerns of productivity and climate change Posh Raj Pandey 9 National food security challenges and strategies in Pakistan: cooperation for technology and trade Abid Qaiyum Suleri and Mehreen Iqbal 10 Food security policy framework in Sri Lanka: market reforms, diversifi cation and safety nets Saman Kelegama and Dilani Hirimuthugodage
Additional Edition:
Print version: Regional cooperation for sustainable food security in South Asia. London : Routledge India, 2019 ISBN 0367365073
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367365073
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429346507
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429346507
