Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability

Citation

(2010), "Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 11 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2010.24911cae.003

Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability

Article Type: Books and resources From: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Volume 11, Issue 3

Edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Tabatha Wallington,Earthscan,London,November 2009,320 pp.,ISBN: 9781844077755,US$ 109,00

As the threats of food insecurity loom larger, the world faces the sad irony of food shortages in the global South alongside a purported “obesity epidemic” in the global North. The twin issues of food production and food access are of particular concern in the context of climate change, “peak oil”, biofuels, and land grabs by wealthy nations.

Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability presents critical insights by international scholars, with chapters on global food security, supermarket power, new technologies, and sustainability. The book assesses the contributions of diet and nutrition research in building socially just and environmentally sustainable food systems and provides policy recommendations to improve the health and environmental status of contemporary agri-food systems. The book features contributions from a range of social science perspectives, including sociology, anthropology, public health and geography, with case study materials drawn from throughout the world.