The six articles deal with the dimension and dynamic of globalizing food crises ; the food crisis and food security in the emerging economy of India ; the urban food crisis in Cairo, the exposure and resistance ; urban food security with creative
agricultural utilization of the urban areas (for example under high voltage cables) with case studies of Tanzania and Philippines; from food aid towards food assistance, food security in times of global food scarcity ; climate change with floods and storms
Food policy conflicts in food-deficit developing countries
Bangladesh ; Conflict ; Food ; Food policy ; Food production ; Government intervention ; Malnutrition ; Third World
The paper concentrates on answering these food policy questions for food-deficit developing countries, taking detailed examples from Bangladesh but pointing out similarities and differences elsewhere in the third world. Conflicts are generally seen
Metropolitan food systems in developing countries: the perspective of urban metabolism
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Food ; Food consumption ; Food security ; Social reproduction ; Third World ; Town ; Urban supply
The paper focuses on urban food metabolism, by using the concept of the food system which includes the sub-systems of production, supply, distribution and consumption of food.
The A. explains Iraq's precipitous decline into food insecurity following its military invasion of Kuwait. Food security and insecurity are defined and examined in Iraq context. Five vulnerabilities are identified that are activated by international
retaliation against Iraq. The emergence and intensification of food insecurity are analyzed step by step, followed by consideration of how food security might be restored.
In Khartoum, availability of food is not a major constraint in the dynamics of the food system. Of more significance for the configuration of the space of vulnerability are the processes related to affordability and accessibility.
Population, resources and food : the World between today and tomorrow
Food ; Food needs ; Food production ; Food resources ; Population ; Population census ; Population growth
Conscious of the University of Kiel's motto of Pax optima a rerum, my aim in this fairly non technical addron is to overview the world's situation with regard to population, resources and food : where we are, how we got there and where we might
The significance and structure of hotel food supply in Jamaica
In Jamaica, hotel food demand does not provide overall a major stimulus for food production. Hotel food supply is dominated by a few large and modern wholesale firms that supply mainly imported food and by individual suppliers who provide locally
Food consumption and nutrition in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh, India (with special reference to Sagar division)
Consumer habit ; Countryside ; Food ; Food consumption ; India ; Madhya Pradesh ; Village
The A. presents systematic and interpretative analyses of per capita foodstuffs consumption and nutritional level in the rural areas of Sagar division. The survey reveals that the existing food habits in the villages lead to an imbalance of food
Famine ; Food ; Food aid ; Food needs ; Food production ; Regionalization ; World
The paper is concerned on the problems of potential possibilities of food production in world scale as well as its geographical differentiation. A special attention has been drawn to the distribution of food and to the world regions of hunger.
Social change and fresh-food marketing in Singapore
There are changes in the patterns of food consumption, marketing behaviour, fresh food supplies and their distributing systems. The A. analyses how several factors have affected the changes, examines the major elements of the fresh-food distributing
systems, and outlines the problems of spatial conflict between the formal and informal sectors in fresh-food retailing.
A preliminary study of food problem in China and its countermeasures
China is and also will be confronted with serious difficulties in feeding its population because of scarce agricultural land resources and the rapidly growing food consumption needs. To cope with this situation, it is necessary to increase food
production by making full utilization of food resources, intensifying agricultural land use, changing import structure of grain, and controlling non-essential food import.
Distribution of local food activity in England and Wales : an index of food relocalization
Agribusiness ; England and Wales ; Food production ; Index ; Industry ; Marketing ; United Kingdom
Cet article cherche à identifier des zones de production alimentaires existantes en Angleterre et au pays de Galles à travers un indice de relocalisation alimentaire (Index of Food Relocalization).
Agricultural production ; Data ; Famine;Starvation ; Food ; Food consumption ; Food resources ; India ; Malnutrition ; Poverty ; Regional disparities
Using average nutritive values of food actually consumed by individuals, the paper identifies regional concentration of hunger (food poverty) and its changes over time (1973-83) in rural India. There is a heavy concentration of hunger in the coastal
states which has persisted over time. Hunger seams to have increased in the states that are relatively prosperous. However there has been a general improvement in the quality of food intake.