Top 10 #devreads before beginning a career in food security

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10 books to read before beginning a career in food security

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Looking for a career in development with a focus on food security? Here are ten ‘classic’ reads to add to your library...


Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know

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Robert Paarlberg

http://books.google.com/books?id=AcQ7AAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=food+politics:+what+everyone+needs+to+know&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v3HyUrK2HMPJsQTa_YD4DQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/Food-Politics-Everyone-Needs-Know%C2%AE/dp/0199322384/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391619958&sr=1-1&keywords=Robert+Paarlberg%2C+Food+Politics%3A+What+Everyone+Needs+to+Know


Poverty and Famines: an Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation

Amartya Sen


http://books.google.com/books?id=FVC9eqGkMr8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=poverty+and+famines&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_A_1UpjOFIKlsATz9oDoDw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=poverty%20and%20famines&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/Poverty-Famines-Essay-Entitlement-Deprivation/dp/0198284632/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391792088&sr=1-1&keywords=poverty+and+famines


Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization

C. Ford Runge, Benjamin Senauer, Philip Pardey and Mark Rosegrant

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http://books.google.com/books?id=XLoeAQAAIAAJ&q=ending+hunger+in+our+lifetime&dq=ending+hunger+in+our+lifetime&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_RH1UoOYJqT60wG9q4GQAQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAA

http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Hunger-Lifetime-Globalization-International/dp/0801877261/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391792472&sr=1-1&keywords=Ending+Hunger+in+Our+Lifetime%3A+Food+Security+and+Globalization


Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict, Resistance and Renewal


Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar

http://books.google.com/books?id=kQfXGzw_oJ4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=agriculture+and+food+in+conflict&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iBP1Use7DLHC0AHMnIHYCA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=agriculture%20and%20food%20in%20conflict&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/Agriculture-Food-Crisis-Conflict-Resistance/dp/1583672265/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391792933&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=the+macro+economics+of+food+and+agriculture


The World Food Problem: Toward Ending Undernutrition in the Third World


Howard Leathers and Phillips Foster


http://books.google.com/books/about/The_world_food_problem.html?id=wuLtAAAAMAAJ

http://www.amazon.com/World-Food-Problem-Toward-Undernutrition/dp/1588266389/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391794195&sr=1-1&keywords=The+World+Food+Problem


The World Food Economy


Douglas Southgate, Douglas Graham, and Luther Tweeten

http://books.google.com/books?id=SKQpQwAACAAJ&dq=the+world+food+economy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xhr1Up-qHofY0QHx84DgDA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ

http://www.amazon.com/World-Food-Economy-Douglas-Southgate/dp/0470593628/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391794771&sr=1-1&keywords=The+World+Food+Economy.


World Hunger: Twelve Myths



Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins, Peter Rosset and Luis Esparza

http://books.google.com/books?id=EjNUa56Cy2MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=world+hunger:+twelve+myths&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rib1UsKiIaOWyAGnq4DIDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=world%20hunger%3A%20twelve%20myths&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/World-Hunger-Frances-Moore-Lappe/dp/0802135919/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391797768&sr=1-1&keywords=world+hunger+twelve+myths


Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty



Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman

http://www.amazon.com/Enough-Worlds-Poorest-Starve-Plenty/dp/158648818X/ref=pd_sim_b_1

http://books.google.com/books?id=ExRCABR5ic8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=enough:+why+the+world%27s+poorest+starve&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sif1UrXYIYWMyAHLyIHoDw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=enough%3A%20why%20the%20world's%20poorest%20starve&f=false


The Politics of Food: The Global Conflict Between Food Security and Food Sovereignty


William Schanbacher

http://books.google.com/books?id=v7gbM_rrqrAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+politics+of+food:+the+global+conflict+between&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eS_1UrfqKKj-0gHVt4GYBw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20politics%20of%20food%3A%20the%20global%20conflict%20between&f=false

http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Food-Conflict-Sovereignty-International/dp/0313363285/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391799862&sr=1-1&keywords=food+security


Global Food Security: Challenges for the Food and Agricultural System


Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)


http://www.amazon.com/Global-Food-Security-Challenges-Agricultural/dp/9264195343/ref=sr_1_24?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391800638&sr=1-24&keywords=food+security

http://books.google.com/books?id=pUUCAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA93&dq=global+food+security+oecd&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uTH1UoKiNorO0wG_2oDgCg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=global%20food%20security%20oecd&f=false


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