The challenge of food security : international policy and regulatory frameworks / edited by Rosemary Rayfuse, Nicole Weisfelt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Introduction -- The international policy and regulatory challenges of food security : an overview / Rosemary Rayfuse and Nicole Weisfelt -- Pt. II. Access to food -- A fresh look at the roots of food insecurity / Craig Pearson -- Food security in the Great Lakes region : reconciling trade liberalisation with human security goals / Anagha Joshi -- Right to food, sustainable development and trade : all faces of the same cube? / Elisabeth Burgi Bonanomi -- Pt. III. Sustainability and food security -- Crop disease, management and food security / Rebecca Ford -- The contribution of plant genetic resources to food security / Bert Visser and Niels Louwaars -- Water and food security / Colin Chartres -- Pt. IV. Food, trade and investment -- The WTO and food security : what's wrong with the rules? / Christian Haberli -- The financialisation of agricultural commodity futures trading : the 2006-2008 global food crisis / Nicola Colbran -- Food security, sustainability and trade distortions : fisheries subsidies and the WTO / Margaret Young -- 'Land grabbing' in the shadow of the law : legal frameworks regulating the global land rush / Lorenzo Cotula -- Pt. V. Food governance -- Global food security governance : The Committee for World Food Security, Comprehensive framework for Action and the G8/G20 / Matias Margulis -- Regional initiatives on food security / Md Saidul Islam and Iris Carla De Jesus -- Food security in the era of retail governance / Doris Fuchs ... [et al.]