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Mukherjee (Macro-economic Policy and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand) examines issues of food security in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the course of seven chapters, he discusses the major causes of food insecurity in the region, forms of gender-based food insecurity, state-led policies to address food insecurity implemented by select major countries of Asia, some of the major community-based responses to food insecurity and their policy implications, special food insecurity issues faced by specific classes of people (e.g., the aged, the infirm, small farmers, landless workers, and informal sector workers), and an agenda for action to ensure food security in Asia. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
