Food security in the Middle East / Zahra Babar and Suzi Mirgani, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babar, Zahra, author, editor.

Contributor:

Mirgani, Suzi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--Middle East.

Food security.

Food supply--Middle East.

Food supply.

Agriculture and state--Middle East.

Agriculture and state.

Nutrition policy--Middle East.

Nutrition policy.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014.

Summary:

"This volume comprises original, empirically grounded chapters that collectively offer the most comprehensive study available to date on food security in the Middle East. The book starts with a theoretical framing of the phenomena of food security and food sovereignty and presents empirical case studies of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, the Persian Gulf states and Iran. Some of the major themes examined include the ascent and decline of various food regimes, urban agriculture, overseas agricultural land purchases, national food self-sufficiency strategies, distribution networks and food consumption patterns, and nutrition transitions and healthcare. Collectively, the chapters represent highly original contributions to the disciplines of political science, economics, agricultural studies, and healthcare policy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Food security and food sovereignty in the Middle East / Zahra Babar and Mehran Kamrava

Historic food regimes and the Middle East / Eckart Woertz

An economic analysis of national food sovereignty policies in the Middle East : the case of Lebanon and Jordan /Jane Harrigan

Food security in Egypt / Ray Bush

Prospects for food self-sufficiency in Iran in 2025 / Habibollah Salami, Toktam Mohtashami and Mohamad Saeid Noori Naeini

Neither security nor sovereignty : the political economy of food in Yemen / Martha Mundy, Amin al-Hakimi and Frédéric Pelat

Urban agriculture and food security in the Middle Eastern context : a case study from Lebanon and Jordan / Salwa Tohmé Tawk, Mounir Abi Said and Shadi Hamadeh

Food security and the supermarket transition in the Middle East : two case studies / Karin Seyfert, Jad Chabaan and Hala Ghattas

Win-win versus lose-lose: investments in foreign agriculture as a food security strategy of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf / Mary Ann Tétreault, Deborah L. Wheeler and Benjamin Shepherd

Food insecurity in the West Bank / Elisa Cavatorta and Sam Waples

The nutrition transition and obesity in Qatar / Tahra ElObeid and Abdelmoniem Hassan.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780199361786

0199361789

OCLC:

858660106