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""Food Politics" is the struggle among groups in society to shape the actions of governments when taxing, regulating, or subsidizing actions within the food and farming sector. In rich countries, government policies have historically favored farmers by providing income subsidies, often at the expense of consumers and taxpayers, while in poor countries it is urban consumers that have usually been favored. More recently, food politics debates have centered on preferences among more affluent consumers for foods and food production systems that will seem socially equitable (local and small scale rather than global and industrial) and environmentally sustainable (using fewer chemicals and burning less fossil fuel). In the cultural space, these new food movement demands have gained a strong following, yet among many specialists and government leaders, traditionalists have been slow to yield control."

Chapter 1. The Case Against Modern Farming -- Chapter 2. Food Swamp Nation -- Chapter 3. The Limits of Local Food -- Chapter 4. The Panic for Organic -- Chapter 5. Should Peasants Stay Poor? -- Chapter 6. Rejecting Biotech Food -- Chapter 7. The Fate of Farm Animals -- Chapter 8. The Brave New Future of Food.

Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Introduction --1. The Food Power Presumption --2. India: Domestic Sources of Grain Trade Policy --3. The Soviet Union: Retreat from Food Power --4. The United States: Food Power Forgone --5. Testing Food Power: U.S. Food Aid to India 1965-1967 --6. Testing Food Power: Embargo on U.S. Grain to the Soviet Union 1980-1981 --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --Index

This book reflects the latest developments and research on today's global food landscape, including biofuels, the international food market, food aid, obesity, food retailing, urban agriculture, and food safety. The second edition also features an expanded discussion of the links between water, climate change, and food, as well as farming and the environment. New chapters look at livestock, meat and fish and the future of food politics. Paarlberg's book challenges myths and critiques more than a few of today's fashionable beliefs about farming and food.

The best approach to finding positive synergies between agriculture, nutrition, and health may depend on a country's position in the dietary transition—from a diet low in both calories and micronutrients (Stage One) to a diet that provides adequate basic energy for most people but an inadequate balance of nutrients (Stage Two) to an affluent diet that begins to provide excessive calorie energy, which can lead to health problems linked to obesity (Stage Three). As societies move through this dietary transition, the relative importance of government and the most important functions of government will change. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; 2020 ; DGO