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An Empty Plate: Why We Are Losing the Battle for Our Food System, Why It Matters, and How We Can Win It Back
Tracey Ledger
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Description for An Empty Plate: Why We Are Losing the Battle for Our Food System, Why It Matters, and How We Can Win It Back
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFF; KNDF; RNFF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Why is it that food prices are so high that millions of South African families go hungry, while the prices paid to farmers for that same food are so low that many cannot stay in business? Why are the people who produce our food – farmworkers – among the most insecure of all? Why do high levels of rural poverty persist while corporate profits in the food sector keep rising? How did a country with a constitutional right to food become a place where 1 in 4 children is so malnourished that they are classified as stunted? An Empty Plate ... Read more
Why is it that food prices are so high that millions of South African families go hungry, while the prices paid to farmers for that same food are so low that many cannot stay in business? Why are the people who produce our food – farmworkers – among the most insecure of all? Why do high levels of rural poverty persist while corporate profits in the food sector keep rising? How did a country with a constitutional right to food become a place where 1 in 4 children is so malnourished that they are classified as stunted? An Empty Plate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Jacana Media South Africa
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781431424238
SKU
V9781431424238
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99-2
About Tracey Ledger
Tracy Ledger is a South African researcher in the field of economic development, with 25 years of research experience. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University. She is an agri-food activist, believing that a more equitable agri-food system is fundamental to building a more equitable ... Read more
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