Explores the complex relationship between food security and sociopolitical stability and how the global food economy and climate patterns relevant to food production might change over the coming decade.

1: Christopher B. Barrett: Food or Consequences: Food Security and Its Implications for Global Sociopolitical Stability 2: Mark W. Rosegrant, Simla Tokgoz, and Prapti Bhandary: The Future of the Global Food Economy 3: Mark A. Cane and Dong Eun Lee: What Do We Know about the Climate of the Next Decade? 4: Klaus Deininger: The Global Land Rush 5: Upmanu Lall: Global Freshwater and Food Security in the Face of Potential Adversity 6: Timothy R. McClanahan, Eddie H. Allison, and Joshua E. Cinner: Managing Marine Resources for Food and Human Security 7: Susan McCouch and Samuel Crowell: Crop Technologies for the Coming Decade 8: John McDermott, Dolapo Enahoro, and Mario Herrero: Livestock Futures to 2020 9: Robert McLeman: Labor Migration and Food Security in a Changing Climate 10: Kym Anderson: Trade Policies and Global Food Security 11: Daniel Maxwell: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability: A Humanitarian Perspective 12: Wendy Wolford and Ryan Nehring: Moral Economies of Food Security and Protest in Latin America 13: Christopher B. Barrett and Joanna B. Upton: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa 14: Travis J. Lybbert and Heather R. Morgan: Lessons from the Arab Spring: Food Security and Stability in the Middle East and North Africa 15: Johan Swinnen and Kristine Van Herck: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 16: Arun Agrawal: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability in South Asia 17: Luc Christiaensen: When China Runs Out of Farmers 18: C. Peter Timmer: Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability in East and Southeast Asia

`Rising incomes and growing populations mean more mouths to feed with more and better food. This book warns the world that this rising demand for food is not being met with rising supply, and that young, hungry poor people will threaten global peace and prosperity. This is no alarmist tract, however, but a well-researched, considered, and balanced collection of essays, with an emphasis on ways that domestic and global policy can minimize risk. An important read for all in the food policy and international security communities.' Chris Blattman, Columbia University `Food insecurity and hunger lead to lower productivity, poor heath and shortened life span of individuals. Food shortage and increased food prices can also lead to large disruptions and conflict of societies. This volume edited by Barrett and contributed to by some of the most authoritative scholars in the areas of food policy analyzes the relationship between food security and sociopolitical stability and re-sensitizes the important issue of feeding the world sustainably and stably in the future in terms of both natural environment and human society. The book is an excellent reference for scholars, students, policymakers and analysts, and development practitioners working on agriculture, food and international development.' Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute `This book is a high-quality and accessible contribution to a pressing policy issue: how to increase food production in a way that meets demand, reduces hunger, and prevents the worst kinds of sociopolitical instability. Food production strategies that are insensitive to food price volatility, to resource scarcity and environmental externalities, and to the propensity for conflict are doomed to fail. Those who formulate agricultural and food policy need to beginnowto view all of their choices through a triple lens of hunger reduction, conflict prevention and environmental management. If they do not, the legacy of their poor choices will be long lasting and will hurt the most vulnerable and powerless. Fortunately for the policymakers and their advisers, the contributions from the authors in this excellent book will help them to make the right decisions.' Lawrence Haddad, Director, Institute of Development Studies `Finally, a volume on food security accessible to non-specialists yet authored by an A-list of international experts. There is no sensationalism here, just plenty of solid analysis, up to date information, and complete topical and regional coverage. If you are concerned about the contemporary social and political context of food security in poor countries, start by reading this book.' Robert Paarlberg, author of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know `This volume is accessible to a wide range of audiences and will be of value to policy analysts, policy makers, economists, other social scientists, and those interested in the serious analysis and moral implications of both food security and socio-political stability.' M. J. Frost, Choice,

Analyses how the global food system is likely to affect global sociopolitical stability over the coming decade Contributions from leading global experts Each chapter presents a new discussion of its topical area

Chris Barrett is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management as well as Professor in the Department of Economics at Cornell University where he also serves as the Director of the Cornell Institute for International Food, Agriculture and Development's initiative on Stimulating Agricultural and Rural Transformation. He holds degrees from Princeton (A.B., History, 1984), Oxford (M.S., Development Economics, 1985) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (dual Ph.D., Economics and Agricultural Economics, 1994). He has published several books and more than 250 journal articles or book chapters. He served as editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2003-2008, and is an associate editor or editorial board member of the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Egerton (Kenya) Journal of Humanities.

Analyses how the global food system is likely to affect global sociopolitical stability over the coming decade Contributions from leading global experts Each chapter presents a new discussion of its topical area