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ISBN: 0415253969
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS
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Author: MARCEL MAUSS
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| Weight | 0.22 kg |
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| ISBN | 0415253969 |
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| Publication Date | 2001 |
| Pages | 183 |
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ISBN: 1856492753
Publisher: ZED BOOKS
Subtitle: ALTERNATIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Author: TED TRAINER
ISBN: 0520079914
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Subtitle: VISIONS OF SUBJECTIVITY FEMINIST THEORY
Author: KATHY E. FERGUSON
ISBN: 8124102147
Publisher: HAR-ANAND
Subtitle:
Author: T. S. SANKARAN
ISBN: 0195082397
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE SOCIAL LIGIC OF POSTMODERN CULTURE
Author: PHILLIP BRIAN HARPER
ISBN: 0898621461
Publisher: GUILFORD
Subtitle: BROTHERS AND SISTER IN CULTURAL CONTEXT
Author: CHARLES W. NUCKOLLS
EMPTY BELLIES, BROKEN DREAMS
In Pakistan, the face of food insecurity is an ugly one: Hungry mobs looting bakeries. Impoverished women and children trampled to death while scrambling for rice hand-outs. Food aid organizations blown up by extremists. Traumatized farmers and urban laborers, unable to feed their families, murdering their children or committing suicide. Destitute, hungry young men succumbing to the temptations of militancy. Approximately 80 million Pakistanis are hungry and 45 million malnourished. With drought-like conditions and serious water shortages routinely afflicting Pakistan, many farmers have been unable to produce enough crops to feed their families, much less to maintain their livelihoods. Other Pakistanis, displaced by military operations in the northwest and forced to leave standing harvests, have struggled to access food in teeming refugee camps or in the crowded homes of the relatives who have taken them in.
The agricultural sector has long been neglected in Pakistan. As a result, outdated agricultural equipment has hampered crop productivity; poorly maintained roads have inhibited efficient food transport; and inadequate storage facilities have turned fresh produce into rot. Yet Pakistan’s history of food insecurity is not merely one of shortages, but also one of poor resource management, with food supplies not getting to the mouths that need them the most. The horrific flooding of 2010 has exacerbated this problem many times over. The challenges of bringing better food security to Pakistan are immense. Yet the stakes could not be higher. By 2050, the country’s total population could reach 335 million—nearly double the current population. Today’s statistics about food insecurity in Pakistan may seem staggering. Yet unless action is taken immediately, these figures could appear modest by comparison in several decades’ time. This volume offers fresh perspectives, from a variety of viewpoints, about one of Pakistan’s most pressing challenges.
ISBN: 9789694025520
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
Subtitle: FOOD INSECURITY AND THE FUTURE OF PAKISTAN
Author: MICHEAL KUGELMAN
ISBN: 8182052157
Publisher: ISHA BOOKS
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Author: RAMEHS CHOPRA
ISBN: 9781861979681
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS
Subtitle: A GLOBAL VISION OF TOMORROW
Author: ROBERT SHAPIRO
