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Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes

  • Bhaskar Vira(editor)
  • Christoph Wildburger (editor)
  • Stephanie Mansourian (editor)
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TitleForests and Food
SubtitleAddressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes
ContributorBhaskar Vira(editor)
Christoph Wildburger (editor)
Stephanie Mansourian (editor)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0085
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0085
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
CopyrightBhaskar Vira; Christoph Wildburger; Stephanie Mansourian
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Publication placeCambridge, UK
Published on2015-11-15
ISBN978-1-78374-193-9 (Paperback)
978-1-78374-194-6 (Hardback)
978-1-78374-195-3 (PDF)
978-1-80064-505-9 (HTML)
978-1-78374-638-5 (XML)
978-1-78374-196-0 (EPUB)
978-1-78374-197-7 (MOBI)
Short abstractThis volume provides important evidence and insights about the potential of forests to reducing global hunger and malnutrition, exploring the different roles of landscapes, and the governance approaches that are required for the equitable delivery of these benefits. Forests and Food is essential reading for researchers, students, NGOs and government departments responsible for agriculture, forestry, food security and poverty alleviation around the globe.
Long abstractAs population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide and malnutrition affects nearly every country on the planet. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies fall short of eliminating global hunger, as well as having long-term ecological consequences. Forests can play an important role in complementing agricultural production to address the Sustainable Development Goals on zero hunger. Forests and trees can be managed to provide better and more nutritionally-balanced diets, greater control over food inputs – particularly during lean seasons and periods of vulnerability (especially for marginalised groups) – and deliver ecosystem services for crop production. However forests are undergoing a rapid process of degradation, a complex process that governments are struggling to reverse. This volume provides important evidence and insights about the potential of forests to reducing global hunger and malnutrition, exploring the different roles of landscapes, and the governance approaches that are required for the equitable delivery of these benefits. Forests and Food is essential reading for researchers, students, NGOs and government departments responsible for agriculture, forestry, food security and poverty alleviation around the globe.
Print length288 pages (viii + 280)
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Dimensions178 x 15 x 254 mm | 7" x 0.6" x 10" (Paperback)
178 x 17 x 254 mm | 7" x 0.69" x 10" (Hardback)
Weight1114g | 39.30oz (Paperback)
1584g | 55.87oz (Hardback)
Media40 illustrations
OCLC Number35592990
LCCN2019467884
BIC
  • RND
  • RNU
  • MBNH3
BISAC
  • NAT014000
  • NAT011000
  • HEA017000
LCC
  • HD9000
Keywords
  • Forests
  • food
  • hunger
  • nutrition
  • malnutrition
  • ecology
  • agriculture
  • environment
Contents
  • Bhaskar Vira
  • Bina Agarwal
  • Ramni Jamnadass
  • Daniela Kleinschmit
  • Stepha McMullin
  • Stephanie Mansourian
  • Henry Neufeldt
  • John A. Parrotta
  • Terry Sunderland
  • Christoph Wildburger
  • Ramni Jamnadass
  • Stepha McMullin
  • Miyuki Iiyama
  • Ian K. Dawson
  • Bronwen Powell
  • Celine Termote
  • Amy Ickowitz
  • Katja Kehlenbeck
  • Barbara Vinceti
  • Nathalie van Vliet
  • Gudrun Keding
  • Barbara Stadlmayr
  • Patrick Van Damme
  • Sammy Carsan
  • Mary Njenga
  • Paolo Cerutti
  • Bina Agarwal
  • Anca Serban
  • Terry Sunderland
  • Amos Gyau
  • Jolien Schure
  • Christophe Kouame
  • Beatrice Darko Obiri
  • Daniel Ofori
  • Henry Neufeldt
  • Ann Degrande
  • John A. Parrotta
  • Jennie Dey de Pryck
  • Bronwen Powell
  • Chris Sandbrook
  • Amy Ickowitz
  • Katy Jeary
  • Anca Serban
  • Beatrice Darko Obiri
  • Christine Padoch
  • Bina Agarwal
  • Terry Sunderland
  • Tran Nam Tu
  • Solomon Zena Walelign
  • Bimbika Sijapati Basnett
  • Nitin D. Rai
  • Carsten Smith-Hall
  • Neil M. Dawson
  • Gordon Hickey
  • Daniela Kleinschmit
  • Adrian Martin
  • Henry Neufeldt
  • Hemant R. Ojha
  • Frédéric Baudron
  • Christine Padoch
  • Mirjam Ros-Tonen
  • Bhaskar Vira
  • Josephine Chambers
  • Elizabeth Deakin
  • Samson Foli
  • John A. Parrotta
  • Henry Neufeldt
  • Terry Sunderland
  • Amy Ickowitz
  • Chris Sandbrook
  • Katy Jeary
  • Bronwen Powell
  • James Reed
  • Sarah Ayeri Ogalleh
  • Anca Serban
  • Henry Neufeldt
  • Pablo Pacheco
  • Sarah Ayeri Ogalleh
  • Jason Donovan
  • Lisa Fuchs
  • Bronwen Powell
  • Hemant R. Ojha
  • Daniela Kleinschmit
  • Patti Kristjanson
  • Godwin Kowero
  • Vincent O. Oeba

7. Conclusions

(pp. 253–260)
  • Bhaskar Vira
  • Daniela Kleinschmit
  • Stephanie Mansourian
  • John A. Parrotta
  • Christoph Wildburger
  • Ramni Jamnadass
  • Stepha McMullin
  • Henry Neufeldt
  • Terry Sunderland
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Contributors

Bhaskar Vira

(editor)
Reader in Political Economy at the Department of Geography at University of Cambridge

Christoph Wildburger

(editor)

Stephanie Mansourian

(editor)