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100	1		_aStanberry, Donovan. _eauthor. _4aut _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut _984356
245	1	0	_aFood Security in the Caribbean _h[electronic resource] : _bHistorical Perspectives, Current Challenges, and Sustainable Solutions / _cby Donovan Stanberry, Lystra Fletcher-Paul.
250			_a1st ed. 2024.
264		1	_aCham : _bSpringer Nature Switzerland : _bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan, _c2024.
300			_aXXIV, 246 p. 38 illus., 37 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
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490	1		_aPalgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, _x2662-3897
505	0		_a1 Food Securty – Definition, Scope and Influencing Factors -- 2 Regional and National Institutional and Policy Support for Food Security -- 3 The State of Food Security in the Caribbean -- 4 Food Availability in the Caribbean -- 5 Food Access in the Caribbean -- 6 Food Utilization in the Caribbean -- 7 Food Stability in the Caribbean.
520			_aFood security is a pressing concern in the Caribbean. Caribbean countries produce and export crops including sugar, bananas, and coffee, but this archipelago of states relies heavily on imported food when it comes to nourishing the Caribbean population. This is because the region does not have a robust domestic food crop or livestock sector. Much of the imported food is processed: high in sugar, fat, and salt. As a result, the region now has one of the highest rates of obesity in the Americas. And there are, as a consequence, heightened incidences of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. This negatively impacts the resources and budgets of health facilities in the Caribbean, which in turn hurts the developmental prospects of these Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Food Security in the Caribbean breaks down the concept of food security in all of its dimensions and critically analyzes the state of food security within four specific pillars: availability, access, utilization, and stability. Offering insights into key trends in food production, consumption, and access, the book combines data from the CARICOM Secretariat, Ministries of Agriculture, and other relevant institutions. Chapters highlight the historical and structural conditioning of the Caribbean agriculture sector as an exporter of select tropical commodities and overreliance on imports for domestic food consumption. Chapters critically examine the fitness of purpose of regional and national institutional frameworks, investment in infrastructure, land reform, and the development of appropriate agricultural research, technology, and extension systems. There is an examination of the role of neoliberal policies and the directives of international funding institutions. The authors also address important and emerging challenges posed by COVID-19 and supply chain issues resulting from international conflicts, such as the one in Ukraine. This is an invaluable resource for economic researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and students interested in addressing the complex challenges of food security in the Caribbean region and beyond. Donovan Stanberry is Campus Registrar of the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. Lystra Fletcher-Paul is a former lecturer in Biometrics at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago.
650		0	_aLatin America _xEconomic conditions. _972546
650		0	_aAgriculture _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aDevelopment economics. _961731
650		0	_aInternational trade. _958158
650		0	_aInternational economic relations. _958104
650	1	4	_aLatin American/Caribbean Economics. _972547
650	2	4	_aAgricultural Economics.
650	2	4	_aDevelopment Economics. _961731
650	2	4	_aInternational Trade. _958158
650	2	4	_aInternational Political Economy’. _971374
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