Suchergebnisse

Geographies of globalization, climate change and food and agriculture in the Caribbean / Clinton L. Beckford and Kevon Rhiney -- From plantations to services: a historical and theoretical assessment of the transition from agrarian to service-based industries in the Caribbean / Kevon Rhiney -- Securing the female future and reframing livelihoods in post-sugar St Kitts / Joyelle Clarke -- Globalisation and fairtrade bananas in St Lucia: a solution to building resilience? / Chanelle Fingal-Robinson -- The decline of preferential markets and the sugar industry: a case study of trade liberalization in central Jamaica / Dorlan Burrell -- The Jamaican coffee industry: challenges and responses to increased global competition / Mario Mighty -- Multiple stresses in a globalized world: livelihood vulnerability amongst Carib communities in northeastern St Vincent / Rose-Ann J. Smith -- Climate change and quality of planting materials for domestic food production: tissue culture and protected agriculture / Clinton L. Beckford and Anthony Norman -- Observations, perceptions, and responses to climate change and variability among small farmers in Sherwood Content, Trelawny, Jamaica / Ayesha Constable -- Factors influencing perceptions of climate change among Caribbean coastal artisanal fishers: case study of Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica / April Karen Baptiste -- Future of food and agriculture in the Caribbean in the context of climate change and globalization: where do we go from here? / Clinton L. Beckford and Kevon Rhiney

The book examines issues impacting food production andfood security in the CARICOM region of the Caribbean and discusses strategies forbuilding capacity in local food production systems.

Agriculture, Food and Food Security: Some Global Perspectives is an edited collection of scholarly work. The book looks at agriculture and food in a framework of enhancing food security. The seven chapters that comprise the volume are written by successful international scholars with sterling academic publication records. The authors live and work in countries across the world including Jamaica, Germany, Canada, and the United States. Together, they have conducted numerous research projects and published a high volume of scholarly articles on issues related to the central themes of this book: agriculture, food and food security. The chapters in the book provide insights into several key themes centered on food, agriculture, and food and nutrition security. The volume explores some pressing issues including food desserts, micro-nutrient deficiencies, increasing food production by tapping into the potential of already known species, localizing food production, maximizing the food and nutrition potential of tropical fruits, and agricultural vulnerability in the context of the most pressing global threats: climate change and variability