About Policy Center For The New South The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of Africa as integral parts of the global South. [...] The many faces of food security and insecurity worldwide At a personal level, the meaning of food security is obvious: Individuals and households around the world know the level of food security they want for themselves and their families: the ability to access (purchase and/or grow or rear) adequate and nutritious foods when they want them and the assurance that this access will continue. [...] One example McKeown used is the fall in mortality from tuberculosis in England and Wales between the 19th and 20th century, long before the introduction of the effective antibiotic Streptomycin in 1947 and the BCG vaccination in 1954. [...] (2011) show that improvements in the nutritional status of the populations of England, Wales, continental Europe19 and the United States, sustained since around the 1700s, have been gradually increasing the height, capacity for work and life expectancy of successive generations in the West. [...] The countries analyzed in relation to the existence or non-existence of the five conditions are (in order of presentation in the book): England/UK in the 18th and 19th centuries; Japan from the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912) to the 1960s; American agriculture in 19th-20th century; Ireland; Portugal; the Republic of Korea; Taiwan, China; India; People’s Republic of China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Tunisi.
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Table of Contents
- About Policy Center For The New South 4
- Foreword 7
- List of Acronyms 8
- Executive Summary 11
- Introduction 13
- Section I 15
- An overview of our hungry world and pathways to escape it 15
- The developing world is burdened with widespread hunger 15
- The many faces of food security and insecurity worldwide 17
- How did today’s high-income, industrialized economies “escape hunger and premature death”? 18
- How can millions in the New South “escape hunger and premature death”? 21
- Section II 25
- What can the New South learn from the achievements and struggles of food secure countries on how to achieve food security for all in the 21st century? 25
- Lessons from successes and failures worldwide: selected country experiences 25
- Policies conducive or inimical to sustained agricultural productivity growth 30
- Policies that increase or undermine resilience to shocks that impact food security 36
- So, what does it take to achieve food security in our turbulent world? – Consensus and controversy 41
- Conclusion 41
- Annex 1 45
- Key Messages for Policy Makers and Practitioners 45
- Annex 2 47
- List of PPs (total # 6) and PBs (total # 20) attached. 47
- Bibliography 48
