"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) and index.
Contents:
Young Haiti: from failed rebellion to mass hunger -- Desert blues: generational hunger in the Sahel -- To deal with the devil: the global rush to grab land -- Starving in a land of plenty: misrule and greed in the Central African Republic -- Forever famines: the Middle East's descent into hunger -- Not war, not peace: feeding a nation after a conflict -- Going viral: the relationship between disease and hunger -- 'P' is for Pygmy: indigenous peoples and the right to food -- Digital food: the ambiguous promise of technology and innovation -- The Black humanitarian: race and the aid system -- Real food: grassroots solutions to feed us all.
Summary:
"The director of Haiti's World Food Program takes aim at the global food crisis-revealing how hunger anywhere affects lives everywhere, and what steps we can take to change course"-- Provided by publisher.
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