Addressing Global Hunger: Lessons Learned from Syria and Venezuela

Tackling the Food Crisis in a Postmodern World offers an innovative tool for engaging in efforts against hunger and brings forward a hybrid approach to identifying mechanisms of how global hunger is established, identified, addressed, and eradicated within personal and social constructs and values. As the global population continues to grow, the world is challenged with the evolving dynamics of food and nutrition sovereignty. There is a dire need to appreciate what governs the food that we eat and is made available to us on our everyday food plate. In this deeply researched and vitally important book, the authors aim at bridging the global divide between research and practice to help establish a contemporary perspective on tackling global hunger while applying the knowledge learned to address how hunger manifests itself in a postmodern lifestyle. Idea for those in traditional food security focused roles, and valuable as a starting point for those exploring the multidisciplinary nature of this worldwide challenge. Uses multidisciplinary and integrated methods to explore the realities of hungerFeatures case studies, valuable syntheses of scattered material, and important topics of discussion and debateProvides a guide on differentiating correct from false information when it comes to the specific topic of the chapter INDICE: 1. Defining a post-modern world 2. Intricacies of a post-modern lifestyle 3. A word on food security and insecurity 4. The food insecure kitchen 5. Is hunger a cause or a consequence? 6. Building the case for democracy 7. Why geography matters 8. Food crisis trending topics 9. Venezuela and Syria: are we speaking the same language?

• ISBN: 978-0-12-816550-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 216
• Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés