Chapter 1. Resilience, food security and food systems: Setting the scene. Christophe Béné and Stephen Devereux -- Chapter 2. Achieving food security through a food systems lens. Jessica Fanzo -- Chapter 3. The global food system is not broken but its resilience is threatened. Patrick Caron,...

Focuses on the institutional perspective on the management of natural resources in the light of the interdisciplinary debate on sustainability. This book reflects the trends in combining institutions and sustainability, and summarises conceptual developments in environmental economics

The institutional perspective on the management of natural resources in the light of the interdisciplinary debate on sustainability is the focus of the agricultural and resource economist Konrad Hagedorn. Institutions and Sustainability reflects the latest trends in combining institutions and...

In the rural economy land is the site of production. Our villagers live and work with close relationship with nature; they love and adore nature. Intensification of resource use and diversification of occupation (even if we call it as technological advancement) pose serious challenges to balanced...