1st Edition
Food Security, Agricultural Policies and Economic Growth Long-term Dynamics in the Past, Present and Future
By Niek Koning
Copyright 2017
284 Pages
22 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
284 Pages
22 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
284 Pages
22 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction
2. A Long View
3. Growth and Crisis in the Pre-Fossil Era
4. The Big Change
5. How Other Regions Coped
6. Agriculture and the Welfare State: Emerging Problems
7. The Neoliberal Decades
8. Looking into the Crystal Ball
9. Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way
Biography
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.
