Domestic food production and food security in the Caribbean : building capacity and strengthening local food production systems /
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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- The role of agriculture in Caribbean economies: a historical and contemporary analysis
- The small-scale food farming sector in the Caribbean: food production and the Caribbean peasantry
- The state of food security in the Caribbean: issues and challenges
- Decision-making among small-scale food farmers in the Caribbean
- Factors influencing innovation adoption among small-scale farmers in the Caribbean
- Marketing and distribution of domestic food crops in the Caribbean: implications for food security
- Women, agriculture and food security in the Caribbean
- Food forests and home gardens: roles and functions in domestic food production and food security in the Caribbean
- Urban agriculture for food security in the Caribbean
- Climate change, hazard vulnerability, food production and food security in the Caribbean
- Hazard mitigation: Caribbean small-scale farmers coping and adaptation strategies for hurricanes and drought
- Sustainable agriculture and domestic food production: adaptation and experimentation on small-scale food farms in the Caribbean
- Role and value of local/traditional knowledge in Caribbean small-scale food farming systems
- Food imports, domestic production, and food security in the Caribbean
- Tourism, local agriculture, and food security in the Caribbean
- Improving food security in the Caribbean: building capacity in local small-scale farming systems.