Food shortage and rising prices of food commodities have not crept on us. The life and death implications of food insecurity have burst upon the world's consciousness within the last 18 months (as of June 2008). There is no nation of the world that is unaffected, no matter how rich or poor. The global dimensions of the food crisis require global action. The causes are many-all man made; the solutions are also numerous and we are all involved in it. This book ...