Agriculture, human security, and peace; a crossroad in African development.

9781557534828

Agriculture, human security, and peace; a crossroad in African development.

Ed. by M. Taeb and A.H. Zakri.

Purdue University Press

2008

203 pages

$29.95

Paperback

HD2117

Agriculture provides more than food. It directly impacts socioeconomic and political development in developing nations, and its policies can raise the standards of health and welfare for an impoverished population. These nine essays, written by specialists in a range of fields, describe how a stable agricultural system adds to human security and peace. Their topics range from the role of agriculture in the changing taxonomy of war to the role of agriculture and the collapse of the Soviet Union, agricultural development and human rights in the future of Africa (by former US President Jimmy Carter), the role of agricultural development in peace, the impact of conflict and resources on and cultural development, implications of hunger for the global community, the second Green Revolution, and applications of agricultural biotechnology in Africa.

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