World Food Security

A History Since 1945

By: D. John Shaw

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Hardcover | 1 November 2007 | Edition Number 1

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This book is the first comprehensive account of the numerous attempts made since the Second World War to provide food security for all. It provides a reference source for all those involved and interested in food security issues.

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'With masterly attention to detail and sources, John Shaw traces the twists and turns of the evolving story of world food security. The strength and originality of Shaw's account is its comprehensiveness, never losing the storyline but bridging the macro and the micro, commodity agreements and global reserves, human rights and early warning systems and the roles of all the UN agencies involved. This fascinating account provides another piece in the jigsaw of the UN's contributions to economic and social governance over the last 60 years and the lessons to be drawn for facing the challenges of the years ahead.' - Professor Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, and the UN Intellectual History Project, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

'Hunger and under-nutrition provide the graphic images which drive an oft-stated passion for international development - by politicians and ordinary citizens. Why, then, are hunger reduction targets so often missed? John Shaw reminds us that passion and commitment need to be complemented with the hard grind of policy and institutional change. His authoritative history illustrates the frustrations, but also the hope. Hunger in the world is falling partly because we have acted collectively to make it so.' - Simon Maxwell, Director, Overseas Development Institute, London, UK

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List of Tables, Figures and Annexes	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xviii
1945-70. Early Attempts: FAO's Pioneering Work
FAO's Origins	p. 3
Food Surpluses: Historical Background	p. 12
World Food Board Proposal	p. 15
International Commodity Clearing House	p. 32
A World Food Reserve	p. 37
National Food Reserves in Developing Countries	p. 58
International Commodity Agreements	p. 65
Freedom from Hunger Campaign	p. 77
The Development of Food Aid	p. 85
1970-90. The World Food Crisis of the 1970s and its Aftermath
World Food Crisis	p. 115
World Food Conference 1974	p. 121
International Undertaking on World Food Security	p. 150
An International Grain Reserves System	p. 155
International Emergency Food Reserve	p. 159
Global Information and Early Warning System	p. 163
International Trade, Stability and Agricultural Adjustment	p. 165
World Food Council	p. 167
ILO World Employment Conference, 1976	p. 222
Food Entitlement	p. 230
Pragmatism and Politics	p. 235
World Bank Perspective	p. 259
Food Subsidies	p. 264
The 1990s and Beyond: International Conferences
International Development Strategy for the 1990s	p. 271
International Conferences	p. 274
World Summit for Children, 1990	p. 279
UN Conference on Environment and Development, 1992	p. 286
International Conference on Water and the Environment, 1992	p. 299
International Conference on Nutrition, 1992	p. 304
World Conference on Human Rights, 1993	p. 313
World Conference on Overcoming Global Hunger, 1993	p. 318
International Conference on Population and Development, 1994	p. 321
World Summit for Social Development, 1995	p. 328
A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, 1995	p. 334
Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995	p. 340
World Food Summit, 1996	p. 347
World Agricultural Trade: WTO and the Doha Ministerial Declaration, 2001	p. 361
UN Millennium Summit, 2000	p. 364
International Conference on Financing for Development, 2002	p. 369
World summit, 2005	p. 375
Assessment. The Graveyard of Aspirations
Redefining the Concept of Food Security	p. 383
Dimensions of Poverty and Food Insecurity	p. 387
Future Action	p. 432
Notes	p. 462
Bibliography	p. 476
Index	p. 496
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