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The political economy of Arab food sovereignty / Jane Harrigan, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

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Main Author: Harrigan, Jane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Food sovereignty > Arab countries.
Food security > Arab countries.
Arab countries > Politics and government.
Food security.
Food sovereignty.
Political science.
Arab countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
  • Background
  • The global food crisis
  • The Arab Spring and the new politics of food
  • Concepts and definitions
  • The region
  • Food security
  • Strategies and policies for food security
  • Chapter outline
  • 2.The Food Security Status of Arab Countries
  • Some stylised facts
  • Measuring food security in the region
  • Predictions of the future Arab food gap and import dependency
  • 3.The Evolution of Food Security Strategies in the Arab World
  • Before OPEC
  • OPEC, the geopolitics of food, and the widening Arab food gap: the 1970s and 1980s drive for food self-sufficiency
  • Neoliberalism and the Washington consensus: trade-based food security in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Post 2007: food sovereignty
  • From food self-sufficiency to overseas land acquisition: a case study of Saudi Arabia
  • Conclusion
  • 4.Causes of the Global Food Crisis and Its Impact on the Arab World
  • Causes of the global food crisis
  • Contents note continued: The economic impact
  • Inflation
  • External accounts and reserves
  • Social impact
  • Overview of poverty in the Arab world
  • The impact of food price inflation on poverty and food security
  • Political impact: food prices and the Arab Spring
  • Conclusion
  • 5.The Arab Response to the Global Food Crisis
  • Short-term responses: government measures to mitigate rising food prices
  • Longer-term responses: domestic production and overseas land acquisition
  • 6.Land Acquisition Overseas
  • Land Grab or Win-Win?
  • The scale of overseas land acquisitions
  • Arab States and overseas land acquisitions
  • Host countries for Arab investors
  • Institutional arrangements in Arab states for acquiring land
  • The problematic nature of overseas land acquisition: land grab?
  • The potential for win-win
  • Conclusion
  • 7.Policies for Arab Integration into Global Food Markets and Arab Domestic Agriculture
  • Better integration into global food markets
  • Contents note continued: A regional approach to food security
  • Domestic food production and improving agricultural productivity
  • The agricultural potential of Arab States
  • Water policies and agriculture
  • Liberalising agricultural trade
  • The potential of Sudan
  • Agriculture, poverty, and food security
  • Conclusion
  • 8.Reforming Social Safety Nets
  • The use of social safety nets as a response to the global food crisis
  • The need to reform social safety net programmes in the Arab world
  • Reform of food and fuel subsidies
  • Direct transfers, public works schemes, and nutrition programmes
  • Emergency humanitarian relief
  • The Arab Spring and the potential for reform
  • Case study: Yemen's new food security strategy
  • 9.Conclusion.

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