A new special issue on food security has been published in the Journal of Rural Studies. It provides a rural social science contribution to the food security debate. The papers focus on food security in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Italy.


The editors (Damian Maye and James Kirwan) introduce the idea of 'fractured consensus' as a unifying theme for the special issue. You can find a link to the issue on the JRS website here.

You can contact the special issue editors via e-mail here or here.
 

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Food and agriculture policy Food and poverty Rural development
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08 May 2013
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