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020			_a9781138729186
041			_aeng-
082	0	0	_a333.91 _bMEH-W
100	1		_aMehta, Lyla _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWater for food security, nutrition and social justice / _cLyla Mehta, Theib Oweis, Claudia Ringler, Barbara Schreiner, Shiney Varghese.
260			_aNewyork : _bRoutledge, _c2019.
300			_a232p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLinking Water and Food Security -- Agricultural Water Management -- Water Governance for Food Security and Nutrition -- Water, Food Security and Nutrition, and Social Justice
520			_a"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 wellbeing, 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 amount of land 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 marginalised and disenfranchised 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 marginalised women and men. It will be of great interest to practitioners, students and researchers working on water and food issues"--
546			_aEnglish.
650		0	_aWater resources development _xResearch.
650		0	_aFood security _xResearch.
700	1		_aOweis, Theib Yousef _eauthor.
700	1		_aRingler, Claudia _eauthor.
700	1		_aSchreiner, Barbara ...[et al.] _eauthor.
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