Food Security and Sustainability Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mergos, George (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Papanastassiou, Marina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Business.; Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; Business logistics.; Globalization.; Markets.; Investment banking.; Securities.; Business and Management.; Sustainability Management.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Supply Chain Management.; Investments and Securities.

This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies. A Millennium Development goal and important policy concern, food security is experiencing renewed interest due to globalisation, which has led to popu...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 Food Security and Sustainability: Globalisation, Investment and Financing (George Mergos and Marina Papanastassiou)
• Chapter 2 The food security debate in a shifting market environment (Tassos Haniotis)
• Chapter 3 Green Growth Strategies in Agriculture in OECD Countries (Wilfrid Legg)
• Chapter 4 The Dominant Presence of MNEs in Agro-Food GVCs: Implications for the Developing Countries (Rajneesh Narula and M. Shakil Wahed)
• Chapter 5 Global Value Chains, Multinational Corporations and Food Security: Essential Theoretical and Methodological Challenges for a Sustainable Policy Agenda (Marina Papanastassiou and George Mergos)
• Chapter 6 Financial needs and tools for agricultural development and transformation pertinent to low-income and low-middle income countries (Alexandros Sarris)
• Chapter 7 Micro-Financial Services and Risk Management for Food Security: A vulnerable household perspective (Jyoti Navare)
• Chapter 8 Innovative agro-food value chain financing in Greece (Ioannis E. Chaniotakis)
• Chapter 9 Extreme volatility in agricultural commodity markets and implications for food security (Athanasios Triantafyllou, George Dotsis, Alexandros Sarris)
• Chapter 10 Can MENA Reach the Sustainable Development Goals? An overview of opportunities and challenges for food and nutrition security (Nadim Khouri, Clemens Breisinger and Hagar ElDidi)
• Chapter 11 Food security and vocational education and training: Exploring the links in the Egyptian case (Salma Soliman)
• Chapter 12 Food security, competitiveness and trade: The case of Tunisian agriculture (Ibtissem Taghouti, Mohamed Elloumi, Victor Martinez-Gomez, José María García Álvarez-Coque)
• Chapter 13 Food Security in Mongolia: A System Innovation Perspective (Jae-Hwan Park, Jee-Yeon Choi, Tae-Hyung Kim and Steve Evans)
• Chapter 14 Household Behavior on Food Security during an Economic Crisis (Irene Kamenidou, Constantinos- Vasilios Priporas and Konstantinos Rigas).