About this book
Food Security in the Developing World is designed to provide an entry point primer in the subject of Food Security, a level which seems not to have been addressed since the term first came into the public domain in the early 1970s. Books addressing the topic which are currently available generally contain learned debate on policy and research findings, analysis and collections of specialist papers. However, it is unfair to expect a relative novice to grapple with these without first having read a basic text, which defines and describes its boundaries, contours and parameters.
Without that first text, the student may find it difficult to develop the interest or confidence to proceed. This missing text is what is offered in the book, to both inform and challenge. Without having a comprehensive overview of the subject, those involved in national planning, and policy and strategy formulation may be under-informed, as also those involved in aid policy, and those whose role it is to identify and design food security programs. Indeed, the book may serve as a textbook/ field guide for a wide range of readers - undergraduate/ diploma/ vocational/ adult education students and teachers; agriculture, rural development and planning ministries and departments; extension workers and non-governmental organizations (NGO’s); UN and other international organizations; bilateral and multilateral donor partners and development banks.
The book is intended, of course, to stimulate engagement in bringing beneficial change to the lives of the food insecure, who will never read this book. Hopefully, it will attract interest by the readership to pursue the subject in more detail. Throughout the book are bibliographic signposts to where a more elaborate treatise on individual topics may be found.