Food and famine in the 21st century

"This encyclopedia examines specific famines throughout history and contains entries on key topics related to food production, security and policies, and famine. Provides an in-depth look at food crises and their causes, responses to them, and outcomes."@en
"Volume one focuses upon 50 topics and issues relating to the creation of hunger and famines in the world from 4000 BCE to 2100, including an overview of how agriculture has evolved from primitive hunting and gathering that supported limited numbers of people to a worldwide system that new feeds over seven billion people. Volume two, entitled Classic Famines, begins with famines of the past, from 4000 BCE to 2100 CE, includes ten classic famine case studies, and concludes with predictions of famines we could see in the 21st century and beyond."