Global Food Crisis. Contemporary Issues and Policy Options

Th e global food crisis is not just another crisis, but its implications in terms of human cost and human capability failures, human rights and human freedom go beyond the arena of cognizable dimensions. Th e book is basically focused on the genesis, magnitude, impact and policy alternatives for the present food crisis. It brings under its analytic umbrella the problems and perspectives that accompany the crisis.. Th e ramifi cation of the crisis has been analyzed with respect to its impact on poverty, income distribution, infl ation rates, investment and savings, economic growth rates and other related macroeconomic fundamentals with special reference to developing economies. Th e studies also elaborate on the short-run and long-run policy options to fi nd viable solutions to the problem of world food crisis Th e chapters are written by well-known scholars. Readers with an interest in food prices and policy will fi nd this book to be a timely, up-to-date and informative for their personal book collection. It should be immensely useful to students of the subject, researchers, policy makers and intelligent laymen. Dr. B. N. Ghosh, PhD (India), PhD (Australia), M.CIM (UK), GFCR (Harvard), is a Visiting Professor at Leeds College of Business Management and Technology, Leeds (UK) and formerly, the Director of Institute of Management and Technology, Govt. of Kerala, Punnapra (Kerala). He received his education from Australia, India, UK and USA and has taught in many universities i...