Food Security in Africa and Asia

"The greatest treasure of this book consists in its short, concise chapters with a narrow focus dealing with the problems of food security—no long or elaborate introduction or super-extensive review of available literature. As each chapter has been linked to each other, it is easy to understand in a step by step fashion. This book also has a simple style, and is short, yet comprehensive, with the necessary information, avoiding monotony, repetition and excessive examples. This book is a good guideline source for scientists, researchers, policy makers, consultants, farmers, and agriculturists in the AFR and SA regions. It is a good source of information for students in the fields of agriculture, communication and social sciences. To the best of our knowledge this book is the first of its kind to raise the issue of food security for SA and AFR regions and suggest solutions based on small scale agricultural development."

Aakash Goyal and M. Asif, University of Alberta - , Agriculture and Human Values

Introduction

1. Defining the Food Security Problem
2. Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers
3. Alternative Approaches Examined
4. The Need for a Participatory Approach
5. Researching the Situation to Define Strategies
6. Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors
7. The Competition for Resources for Food Production
8. Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems
9. Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems
10. Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies

Conclusion

Henk Bakker

Henk Bakker is Former Agricultural Consultant and Manager in projects world-wide, currently based in UK.