Top 10 #devreads on food security

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Food security is a complex issue. It goes far beyond whether someone has access to food and starts at the very beginning of the chain. Where is food grown and how do climate change and urbanization have an impact? Who is growing food and from where is it being sourced? Do people have access not just to a meal, but a healthy and nutritious diet? Check out these 10 #devreads that analyze these critical components to the larger development issue we're focusing on as part of the #FeedingDev campaign.

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#DevReads

10 books to read about how food security is a systemic challenge to global development and the paths to a food-secure world.

Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability (Food, Health, and the Environment)

Alison Hope Alkon(Editor), Julian Agyeman(Editor)

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http://books.google.com/books/about/Cultivating_Food_Justice.html?id=76z2HF-tp7kC

http://www.amazon.com/Cultivating-Food-Justice-Sustainability-Environment/dp/0262516322/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_3_0MFA?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N7BSBC4FCW6NR5J5K03

The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming

Tony Weis

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http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Global_Food_Economy.html?id=yxLblqMoBiEC

http://www.amazon.com/Global-Food-Economy-Battle-Farming/dp/1842777955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405535761&sr=1-1&keywords=global+development+food

Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food, Nature and Community

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Hannah Kay Wittman(Editor), Annette Aurelie Desmarais(Editor), Nettie Wiebe(Editor)

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http://books.google.com/books/about/Food_Sovereignty.html?id=xB1ucgAACAAJ

http://www.amazon.com/Food-Sovereignty-Reconnecting-Nature-Community/dp/0935028374/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

Nutrition Matters: People, Food and Famine

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Helen Young, Susanne Jaspars

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http://books.google.com/books/about/Nutrition_matters.html?id=-oHtAAAAMAAJ

http://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Matters-People-Food-Famine/dp/185339243X/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405537760&sr=1-11&keywords=nutrition+developing+countries

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

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T. Colin Campbell, Howard Jacobson(Contributer)

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http://books.google.com/books/about/Whole.html?id=S2cCyLkw2J0C

http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Rethinking-Nutrition-Colin-Campbell/dp/1939529840/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405535532&sr=1-1&keywords=nutrition+books

Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do about It

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Anna Lappe, Bill McKibben(Introduction)

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http://books.google.com/books/about/Diet_for_a_Hot_Planet.html?id=dHlP3pvh__QC

http://www.amazon.com/Diet-Hot-Planet-Climate-Crisis/dp/B004LQ0EEG/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405537670&sr=1-12&keywords=diet+global

Rebuilding West Africa’s Food Potential: Policies and Market Incentives for Smallholder-Inclusive Food Value Chains

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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http://www.amazon.com/Rebuilding-West-Africas-Potential-Smallholder-Inclusive/dp/9251075301/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405536817&sr=1-3-fkmr0&keywords=food+development,+supply+chain,+nutrition,+agriculture,+climate,+food+security,+sourcing,+small+farmers,

Food Policy for Developing Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems

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Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Derrill D. Watson II, Soren E. Frandsen (Foreword), Arie Kuyvenhoven (Foreword), Joachim von Braun (Foreword)

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http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhMzVoPLklIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Food+Policy+for+Developing+Countries:+The+Role+of+Government+in+Global,+National,+and+Local+Food+Systems&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SUHJU4rgAc-fyATyuIHQBw&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Food%20Policy%20for%20Developing%20Countries%3A%20The%20Role%20of%20Government%20in%20Global%2C%20National%2C%20and%20Local%20Food%20Systems&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/Food-Policy-Developing-Countries-Government/dp/0801448182/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405536817&sr=1-3-fkmr1&keywords=food+development,+supply+chain,+nutrition,+agriculture,+climate,+food+security,+sourcing,+small+farmers,

The Global Hunger Crisis: Tackling Food Insecurity in Developing Countries

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Majda Bne Saad

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http://books.google.com/books?id=BP10RAAACAAJ&dq=The+Global+Hunger+Crisis:+Tackling+Food+Insecurity+in+Developing+Countries&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ckHJU7zLBoyxyATryoCgBQ&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA

http://www.amazon.com/Global-Hunger-Crisis-Insecurity-Developing/dp/0745330673/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405535957&sr=1-12&keywords=global+development+supply

Broccoli and Desire: Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala

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Edward F. Fischer, Peter Benson

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http://books.google.com/books?id=tXSd0KnZ7QQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Broccoli+and+Desire:++Global+Connections+and+Maya+Struggles+in+Postwar+Guatemala&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_D_JU-6hNMKHyAScyYK4BQ&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Broccoli%20and%20Desire%3A%20%20Global%20Connections%20and%20Maya%20Struggles%20in%20Postwar%20Guatemala&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/Broccoli-Desire-Connections-Struggles-Guatemala/dp/0804754845/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405536055&sr=1-1&keywords=global+development+nutrition

How did we create this list?

This list was compiled by a survey of available literature on the subject of food security. Want to recommend a book to add to this list? Comment below and tell us or tweet @devex #DevReads.

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