Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security

One of the key aspects of food and nutrition provision at present is “sustainability”, and this Handbook gives a really useful background to the topic. Since 2000, food security has risen to the top of government agendas worldwide, with environmental issues impacting on agriculture and displaced populations, as well as economic and aspects of ill health associated with diet.

Bill Pritchard who edits the book says in his introduction “food and nutrition security is a wicked problem” and then goes on to describe the lack of consensus to the issue and the complexities and the need for a consensus framework....