Trade, food security, and human rights : the rules for international trade in agricultural products and the evolving world food crisis / Ying Chen.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Ying (Legal researcher)
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2014]
Subjects:
Right to food.
Foreign trade regulation.
Agricultural laws and legislation.
Food supply > Law and legislation.
Food security.
Dissertation Note:
Based on the author's thesis (S.J.D. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law) 2013.
Physical Description:xiv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Thesis Book
Contents:
  • Why should we care?
  • Causes of the current food insecurity and potential solutions : poverty
  • Causes of the current food insecurity and potential solutions : human overpopulation
  • Causes of the current food insecurity and potential solutions : lack of farmland and expansion of biofuel industry
  • Uneven food distribution and distorted agricultural trade : an overlooked factor
  • Prospects for further agricultural trade reform
  • Agricultural policies in the EU and the US and their impact on international agricultural trade.