Book contents
- Food or War
- Reviews
- FOOD or WAR
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- 1 Food and Conflict: Premonitions
- 2 War and Hunger
- 3 The Strategic Importance of Food, Land and Water
- 4 Is ‘Agriculture’ Sustainable?
- 5 Hotspots for Food Conflict in the Twentyfirst Century
- 6 Food as an Existential Risk
- 7 Food for Peace
- 8 Urban Dreams and Nightmares
- 9 The Future of Food
- 10 Conclusion: Key Recommendations of this Book
- The Author
- Endnotes
- Index
5 - Hotspots for Food Conflict in the Twentyfirst Century
Recent Food Conflicts – Future Food Wars – The Human Tide
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2019
- Food or War
- Reviews
- FOOD or WAR
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- 1 Food and Conflict: Premonitions
- 2 War and Hunger
- 3 The Strategic Importance of Food, Land and Water
- 4 Is ‘Agriculture’ Sustainable?
- 5 Hotspots for Food Conflict in the Twentyfirst Century
- 6 Food as an Existential Risk
- 7 Food for Peace
- 8 Urban Dreams and Nightmares
- 9 The Future of Food
- 10 Conclusion: Key Recommendations of this Book
- The Author
- Endnotes
- Index
Summary
Survey of recent and ongoing food wars and drivers. List of hotspots for potential future conflicts in order of risk. Key role of water in conflict risk. Impact of nuclear conflict on global food security. Risk of > 1 billion migrants and refugees. Food, land and water as key global securioty issues.
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- Food or War , pp. 125 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019