Food security in Australia: challenges and prospects for the future

Food security in Australia: challenges and prospects for the future

Farmar-Bowers, Quentin
Higgins, Vaughan
Millar, Joanne

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This proposed book considers the ability and capacity of the food supply system in Australia to provide food security for the ever-increasing domestic and international population in the face of growing challenges in production, resource supply and failures within the food system itself. Although Australia is a net food exporting country, domestic food insecurity exists and will increase as food prices rise in the coming decades. An overview of the food supply system highlights the main challenges that are determining the future. Many of these challenges can be resolved by the Australian government, but others are in the hands of global governance to which Australia can only adapt. The book will shed light on the challenges and discuss the prospects for developing moresustainable and resilient future food systems in Australia. The book will cover food security issues under the heading of 'threats to food security,'? 'equity and food sovereignty,'? 'impacts of land use planning on agriculture and peri-urban areas,'? and 'impacts of trade, biosecurity and institutional standards.'? .The unique features of the book include: .'? Most literature on food security pertains to developing countries. By way of contrast, this proposed book will explore food security in a developed nation (Australia) that seeminglyshould not have food security issues. The topics covered in the book are relevant to other developed nations with growing populations and resource management challenges. '? The book chapters are written by specialists to paint a comprehensive picture of the political, social, economic and environmental issues that give rise to food insecurity, and the challenges these issues present to the security of the food system in coming decades. The overall organisation ofthe book uses a theoretically informed and multi-disciplinary approach. This enables a critical and in.

  • ISBN: 978-1-4614-4483-1
  • Editorial: Springer
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés