TY  - CHAP
AB  - In many societies, conflicts of violent nature regularly spring up that usually cause a destruction of economic and social assets and needless loss of human lives. Violent conflicts and food entitlements seem to bear mutual feedbacks: first and foremost, as violent conflicts result in destruction of economic assets, conflicts usually tell upon the cultivation of foods, procurement and storage of foods and also the distribution and marketing of foods. The disruption in the agrarian sector can lead to serious decline in food availability and consequent famines, which can exacerbate and fuel further conflicts. On the other hand, the distribution and availability of foods can trigger violent conflicts in backward societies as a means to acquire and retain food entitlements, which can in turn jeopardise the agrarian equilibrium. Thus, the relationship between food entitlements and conflicts are a double-edged sword that can lend precarious instability to a backward society. During the last five decades, governments in developing nations have kept a close vigil on their agrarian sector, yet there is a clear indication in the global economy that warns of a looming food crisis, especially in the poorer regions of our globe. Food crises can seriously challenge global peace. Conflicts and hunger are hence complex phenomena. This chapter provides a comprehensive, and possibly the first, study of the economics of food entitlements and potential threats of conflicts in the current conjuncture.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-84855-200-5, 978-1-84855-201-2/1572-8323
DO  - 10.1108/S1572-8323(2009)0000011011
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-8323(2009)0000011011
AU  - Gangopadhyay Partha
AU  - Chatterji Manas
ED  - Partha Gangopadhyay
ED  - Manas Chatterji
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - Chapter 7 Food entitlements, public policy and conflicts in backward societies
T2  - Peace Science: Theory and Cases
T3  - Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 247
EP  - 284
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -