Open AccessSuresh Chandra Babu and Ashok Gulati. Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia. New York: Food Products Press, 2005. 483 pages. Price not given.
Author(s) -
Atiq Ur Rehman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v44i1pp.105-107
Subject(s) - food security , poverty , diversification (marketing strategy) , liberalization , agriculture , international trade , economic growth , economics , political science , development economics , business , geography , market economy , marketing , archaeology
This book covers a wide range of issues relating to foodsecurity (in order of hierarchy) including the globalisation andliberalisation of trade, the WTO Agreement on Agriculture andIntellectual Property Rights, market reforms, technological options,diversification and research needs, water security, and household foodsecurity. Further, recommendations are made to cope with challenges offood insecurity. The authors emphasise the need of continuity of thecurrent trend of reforms and devising new policies for the agricultural,food, and natural resources sectors. The issues of poverty, foodinsecurity, and malnutrition are being faced across South Asia. Theseare important not only on economic grounds but also on ethical grounds.The volume’s twenty one chapters, divided into seven parts, have beencontributed by twenty-nine experts. Part I discusses economic reforms,trade, technology, and food security. The authors analyse food securitysituation in the region in the longrun perspective and discuss policyimperatives to cope with this challenge. Among the recommendations, arethe need for investment in human resources, improvement in ruralinfrastructure, development of pro-poor technologies, and promotion ofregional cooperation.