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Devereux, Stephen

 
9780745328263: Seasons of Hunger: Fighting Cycles of Starvation Among the World's Rural Poor
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0745328261 ISBN 13 : 9780745328263
Editeur : Pluto Press, 2008

Synopsis

Every year, millions of the rural poor suffer from predictable and preventable seasonal hunger. This hunger is less dramatic but no less damaging than the starvation associated with famines, wars and natural disasters. Seasons of Hunger explores why the world does not react to a crisis that we know will continue year after year. Seasonal hunger is caused by annual cycles of shrinking food stocks, rising prices, and lack of income. This hidden hunger pushes millions of children to the brink of starvation every year, permanently stunting their physical and cognitive development, weakening their immune systems and opening the door for killer diseases. Action Against Hunger argue that ending seasonal hunger could save millions of young lives and is key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. This book documents seasonal hunger in four countries - India, Malawi, Mali and Myanmar - including personal stories and country-wide data which shows the magnitude of the problem. The authors also find encouraging examples of interventions designed to address seasonality - initiatives led by governments, donors and NGOs, and poor people themselves - and propose a package of advocacy messages that could contribute to the global eradication of seasonal hunger. This book will be a valuable resource for journalists, policy makers, NGO members and students of development studies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Devereux is a Research Fellow and a Director of the Centre for Social Protection at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Bapu Vaitla is an advocacy and research officer for Action Against Hunger.

Samuel Hauenstein Swan heads Hunger Watch, Action Against Hunger's research and advocacy department.Publications include: Women and Hunger, The Justice of Eating (co-edited), Local Voices and HIV and Hunger.

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Éditeur
Pluto Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0745328261
ISBN 13 
9780745328263
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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