Seasons of Hunger: Fighting Cycles of Starvation Among the World's Rural Poor

Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
About Action Against Hunger / Hunger Watch......Page 14
About the Institute of Development Studies / Future Agricultures Consortium......Page 16
Foreword by Robert Chambers......Page 17
Preface......Page 21
Acknowledgements......Page 24
List of Abbreviations......Page 27
1. Those with Cold Hands......Page 30
HUNGER IN THE FIELDS......Page 35
PRICES AND THE SEASONS......Page 39
THE STRUGGLE TO FIND WORK......Page 43
THE COSTS OF COPING......Page 50
CHILD MALNUTRITION IN THE LEAN SEASON......Page 56
THE FATHER OF FAMINE......Page 61
2. A World Full of Good Ideas......Page 66
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE......Page 70
THE SOCIAL PROTECTION SAFETY NET......Page 80
AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS DEVELOPMENT......Page 96
3. From Policy to Rights......Page 106
HOLES IN THE NET......Page 110
THE POWER OF LAW......Page 125
THE MOVEMENT FORWARD: AN INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO FOOD......Page 133
THE COST OF ENDING SEASONAL HUNGER......Page 137
4. Postscript: Oneness......Page 143
Appendix: The Cost of a Minimum Essential Intervention Package to Fight Seasonal Hunger......Page 146
Notes......Page 151
References and Further Reading......Page 160
About the Authors......Page 169
Index......Page 170