Food security is a complex issue. It goes far beyond whether someone has access to food and starts at the very beginning of the chain. Where is food grown and how do climate change and urbanization have an impact? Who is growing food and from where is it being sourced? Do people have access not just to a meal, but a healthy and nutritious diet? Check out these 10 #devreads that analyze these critical components to the larger development issue we're focusing on as part of the #FeedingDev campaign.

1. #DevReads

2. 10 books to read about how food
security is a systemic challenge to
global development and the paths
to a food-secure world.

4. Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class,
and Sustainability (Food, Health, and
the Environment)
Alison Hope Alkon(Editor), Julian Agyeman(Editor)
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5. The Global Food Economy:
The Battle for the Future of Farming
Tony Weis
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6. Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting
Food, Nature and Community
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Hannah Kay Wittman(Editor), Annette Aurelie
Desmarais(Editor), Nettie Wiebe(Editor)
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7. Nutrition Matters: People, Food
and Famine
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Helen Young, Susanne Jaspars
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8. Whole: Rethinking the Science
of Nutrition
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T. Colin Campbell, Howard
Jacobson(Contributer)
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9. Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate
Crisis at the End of Your Fork and
What You Can Do about It
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Anna Lappe, Bill McKibben(Introduction)
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10. Rebuilding West Africa’s Food
Potential: Policies and Market
Incentives for Smallholder-Inclusive
Food Value Chains
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
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11. Food Policy for Developing Countries:
The Role of Government in Global,
National, and Local Food Systems
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Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Derrill D. Watson II,
Soren E. Frandsen (Foreword), Arie Kuyvenhoven
(Foreword), Joachim von Braun (Foreword)
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12. The Global Hunger Crisis:
Tackling Food Insecurity in
Developing Countries
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Majda Bne Saad
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13. Broccoli and Desire:
Global Connections and Maya
Struggles in Postwar Guatemala
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Edward F. Fischer, Peter Benson
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14. How did we create this list?
This list was compiled by a survey
of available literature on the subject
of food security.
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