Domestic food production and food security in the Caribbean [electronic resource] : building capacity and strengthening local food production systems / Clinton L. Beckford and Donovan R. Campbell.
The book examines issues impacting food production andfood security in the CARICOM region of the Caribbean and discusses strategies forbuilding capacity in local food production systems.
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- The role of agriculture in Caribbean economies: a historical and contemporary analysis
- The small-scale food farming sector in the Caribbean: food production and the Caribbean peasantry
- The state of food security in the Caribbean: issues and challenges
- Decision-making among small-scale food farmers in the Caribbean
- Factors influencing innovation adoption among small-scale farmers in the Caribbean
- Marketing and distribution of domestic food crops in the Caribbean: implications for food security
- Women, agriculture and food security in the Caribbean
- Food forests and home gardens: roles and functions in domestic food production and food security in the Caribbean
- Urban agriculture for food security in the Caribbean
- Climate change, hazard vulnerability, food production and food security in the Caribbean
- Hazard mitigation: Caribbean small-scale farmers coping and adaptation strategies for hurricanes and drought
- Sustainable agriculture and domestic food production: adaptation and experimentation on small-scale food farms in the Caribbean
- Role and value of local/traditional knowledge in Caribbean small-scale food farming systems
- Food imports, domestic production, and food security in the Caribbean
- Tourism, local agriculture, and food security in the Caribbean
- Improving food security in the Caribbean: building capacity in local small-scale farming systems.