Widespread hunger and malnutrition persist today despite considerable growth in per capita food availability. This has prompted an evolving conceptualization of food security and of mechanisms to attain and maintain food security. This chapter discusses both food security and food assistance...

Chapter 1. Introduction and Synthesis of the Book -- Chapter 2. Evolution of India’s Policy Response to Hunger. Nutrition and Food Security Since Independence -- Chapter 3. Are Gender Budgets Necessary for Reducing Inequalities in Health Outcomes? An Exploratory Analysis -- Chapter 4. Food...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Producers -- Chapter 3. Consumers -- Chapter 4. Dealing with Externalities -- Chapter 5. Food Policies and Prices -- Chapter 6. Food Trade -- Chapter 7. Databases and Their Potential -- Chapter 8. Research Approaches -- Chapter 9. Concluding remark.

Strong rural-urban linkages are increasingly seen as key to achieving sustainable livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, not all linkages are positive and, although this is recognised in literature, few explore their potential unfavourable characteristics. Based on...