 | Water for Food Security, Nutrition and Social Justice Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Built Environment; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Engineering & Technology; Environment and Sustainability; Politics & International Relations; Energy; Rural Development; Sustainable Development; Environmental Studies; Environmental Policy; Environmental Politics; Environment & Resources; Environment & Society; Environment & Economics; Environmental Politics; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Economics; Civil Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering; Agriculture and Food; Energy policy and economics; Hydro and marine energy; Development Economics; Environmental Economics; Water Science; Agriculture; This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture. Apart from looking at the role of water and sanitation for human well-being, it proposes alternative and more locally appropriate ways to address complex water management and governance challenges from the local to global levels against a backdrop of growing uncertainties. The authors challenge mainstream supply-oriented and neo-Malthusian visions that argue for the need to increase the land area under irrigation in order to feed the world's growing population. Instead, they argue for a reframing of the debate concerning production processes, waste, food consumption and dietary patterns whilst proposing alternative strategies to improve water and land productivity, putting the interests of marginalized and disenfranchized groups upfront. The book highlights how accessing water for FSN can be challenging for small-holders, vulnerable and marginalized women and men, and how water allocation systems and reform processes can negatively affect local people's informal rights. The book argues for the need to improve policy coherence across water, land and food and is original in making a case for strengthening the relationship between the human rights to water and food, especially for marginalized women and men. It will be of great interest to practitioners, students and researchers working on water and food issues. Lyla Mehta is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, UK, and a Visiting Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Theib Oweis is Director of the Water, Land and Ecosystems research program at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and a Distinguished Guest Professor of water management at the International Platform for Dryland Research and Education (IPDRE) of Tottori University, Japan. Claudia Ringler leads the Natural Resource Management Theme at the International Food Policy Research Institute and is also a flagship co-lead with the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. Barbara Schreiner is a water resources policy expert and Executive Director of the Water Integrity Network. Shiney Varghese is Senior Policy Analyst with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA, and a member of the High Level Panel of Experts to the UN Committee on World Food Security. |
