2012 Global food policy report

This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in food and nutrition security. It reviews what happened in food policy and why, examines key challenges and opportunities, shares new evidence and knowledge, and highlights emerging issues.

Preface vii; Acknowledgments ix; Chapter 1 Food Policy in 2012: Walk the Talk p. 1, Shenggen Fan; Chapter 2 Agricultural Productivity: A Changing Global Harvest p. 15, Keith Fuglie and Alejandro Nin-Pratt; Chapter 3 Green Economy: Sustainable and Growing, but Also Food Secure? p. 29, Nitin Desai and Claudia Ringler; Chapter 4 Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap p. 39, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Agnes Quisumbing; Chapter 5 Employment in Agriculture: Jobs for Africa’s Youth p. 49, Karen Brooks, Sergiy Zorya, and Amy Gautam; Chapter 6 US and EU Farm Policies: The Subsidy Habit p. 59, Jean-Christophe Bureau, David Laborde, and David Orden; Chapter 7 Regional Developments: Policy Choices on the Ground p. 69; Chapter 8 Looking Ahead: Scenarios for the Future of Food p. 89, Mark W. Rosegrant, Simla Tokgoz, Prapti Bhandary, and Siwa Msangi; Food Policy Indicators: Tracking Change p. 102; Notes p. 121; FEATURES: Cutting Consumer Food Waste p. 16, Jean C. Buzby; Reducing Postharvest Losses p. 21, Nancy Morgan, Adam Prakash, and Hansdeep Khaira; What Makes African Agriculture Grow? p. 24, Peter Hazell; Agricultural R&D: Spending Speeds Up p. 26, Nienke Beintema, Gert-Jan Stads, Keith Fuglie, and Paul Heisey; Rio+20: Did It Move Us Forward? p. 30, Morgane Danieloul; Green and Greener: Toward Sustainable Agriculture p. 33, Sylvie Lemmet; Ties That Bind Energy, Food, and Agriculture 34, Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla; Getting Gender Roles Right: A Success Story in Mozambique p. 41, Jemimah Njuki and Elizabeth Waithanji; Indexing Women’s Empowerment p. 42, Emily Hogue and Caren Grown; India’s New Deal: Public Works and Rural Jobs p. 52, P. K. Joshi; A Brazilian View of EU and US Agricultural Policy Reforms p. 60, André Meloni Nassar; An African View of EU and US Agricultural Policy Reforms p. 63, Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere; A Chinese View of EU and US Agricultural Policy Reforms p. 64, Funing Zhong; Grain Drain: Agricultural Policies in the Post-Soviet States p. 67, Sergey Kiselev; Malawi: Macroeconomics, Small Farmers, and Short Food Supplies p. 72, Dyborn Chibonga; Vision 2021: Bangladesh Charts a Path toward Food Security p. 80, Muhammad Abdur Razzaque; Asia: International Goals Stimulate Small-Scale Farmers’ Initiatives p. 83, Ma. Estrella A. Penunia; Honduras: Agricultural Extension and Better Technologies for Higher-Value Crops p. 86, Jeremías Vasquez; Modeling the Future: How Can We Improve Food Policy? p. 91, Gerald Nelson; New Food Security Indexes p. 113, Alexander J. Stein; Knowledge Is Power: Open Access in 2012 p. 120, Gwendolyn Stansbury and Luz Marina Alvaré

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