Global Food Insecurity

1. A New Conceptual Framework for Assessing Rural Development Performance: Sustainability of Scale, Scope and Integration
Kiyotada Hayashi

2. A Knowledge Approach to Sustainable Agriculture
Jesús Rosales Carreón, René J. Jorna, Niels Faber, Rob Haren

3. Sustainable Agriculture Ensures Sustainable Rural Development: A Reality or a Myth
Mirza Barjees Baig, Gary S. Straquadine

4. Policies for Sustainable Agricultural Production and Consumption
Joyce D’Silva

5. Cultivating Faith: The Relationship Between Islam and Sustainable Agriculture in Rural Communities of American Muslims
Eleanor Finnegan

6. Agricultural Development for Food Security and Sustainability in Nigeria
Usman Haruna, Mohammed Bashir Umar

7. African Agriculture at Crossroads: Balancing the Needs of Increased Productivity and the Challenges of Sustainability. The Case of Fadama Agriculture in Semi-Arid North-Central Nigeria
Jake Dan-Azumi

8. Food Crisis Mitigation: The Need for an Enhanced Global Food Governance
Mohamed Behnassi, Sanni Yaya

9. 18,000 Children Die of Starvation Everyday: Cannot We Save Them?
Md Sirajul Islam Molla

10. The Self-Reliant Country: Sustainable Agricultural Policy for Australia?
Jane Shepherd

11. LCA Potentials and Limits Within a Sustainable Agri-food Statutory Framework
Geneviève Parent, Sophie Lavallée

12. Risk Communication at the Hungarian Guar-Gum Scandal
Gyula Kasza, Judith Szigeti, Szilárd Podruzsik, Krisztián Keszthelyi

13. The Environmental Challenges and Its Security Implications for South Asia
Abhaya Kumar Singh

14. Climate Change, Seasonality and Hunger: The South Asian Experience
Nira Ramachandran

15. Effects of Climate Change on Food and Human Security in Nigeria
Abiodun Elijah Obayelu

16. Quantitative Assessment of Climate Change by Weather Generation Models and Downscaling GCM Data in Tehran, Iran
Majid Habibi Nokhandan, Nafise Haghtalab, Sharare Malboosi, Fateme Abasi, Mohsen Goodarzi

17. The Role of Biofuels in the Sustainability of the Environment
Peter Karácsony, Anzelm Kiss, József Orbán

18. Energy Efficiency, Methane Output, Required Carbon Sequestration Area and Water Productivity in Extensive and Semi-intensive Beef Production in South America –A Comparison of Ecological Currencies
Horst Juergen Schwartz, Cristian Rodolfo Feldkamp, Davi Jose Bungenstab

19. Biogas Energy From Agricultural By-Products: Energy Yields and Effects on Organic Farming Systems Compared with Energy Maize Cropping
Arno Deuker, Walter Stinner, Günter Leithold

20. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Crisis in Sub-Sahara Africa
Olubunmi Lawrence Balogun

21. Soaring Food Prices and Africa’s Vulnerability and Responses
Abdul B. Kamara, Albert Mafusire, Vincent Castel

22. Significance of Vegetable Farming as a Strategy to Enhance Household Food Security in Communal Areas of Zimbabwe
Thomas Marambanyika

23. Changes in Agricultural Landscape: Some Ecological Implications for Sustainable Agriculture in Indian Punjab
Davinder Kumar Grover

24. Emerging Issues for the Formulation of Policy on Agri-Input Delivery System in Nigeria
Gbolagade Babalola Ayoola, Josephine Bosede Ayoola

Keywords: Environment, Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Climate Change, Food Science, Energy Economics