Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kumar, Nagesh; George, Joseph

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume foregrounds the importance of regional cooperation in the context of food security issues in South Asia. Leading experts discuss the perspectives of key South Asian countries in leveraging regional cooperation for addressing food security challenges and reflect on the potential of cooperative actions in different areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000699173
• Artikelnr.: 57395730

Autorenporträt

Nagesh Kumar is Director and Head of the South and South-West Asia Office, New Delhi, of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). He has previously served as the UNESCAP Chief Economist and Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, and Director of Social Development Division at UNESCAP headquarters in Bangkok. Joseph George is a trade and development analyst with ten years of experience in the field of regional economic integration in South Asia. Currently serving as a Research Associate at the South and South-West Asia Office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), he provides research support for implementation of UNESCAP's programmes on regional cooperation for sustainable development in the South Asian region.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Regional cooperation for sustainable food security in South Asia: an
overview and policy lessons PART I Regional perspectives on food security
2. Realizing sustainable food security in South Asia: progress, challenges
and opportunities 3. Potential for intraregional trade in food products in
South Asia 4. Agricultural trade in South Asia: issues, challenges and the
way forward 5. SAARC Food Bank: raising operational efficacy PART II
National food security strategies: leveraging regional cooperation 6.
Ensuring food security in Bangladesh: issues beyond production and
challenges ahead 7. India's national food security strategies and potential
for regional cooperation 8. State of food security in Nepal: addressing
concerns of productivity and climate change 9. National food security
challenges and strategies in Pakistan: cooperation for technology and trade
10. Food security policy framework in Sri Lanka: market reforms, diversifi
cation and safety nets