The Evolving Sphere of Food Security

An economist by training, Rosamond (Roz) Naylor directs the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University and is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Earth System Science. She works with colleagues from several disciplines to study the economic and biophysical dimensions of food security and the environmental impacts of crop and animal production around the world. Roz' work provides her with the opportunity to explore cultures, farming practices, and policies in a wide variety of countries. She has served as an advisor to the McKnight Foundation's Collaborative Crop Research Program and currently serves on Advisory Committees for the Beijer Institute in Stockholm, the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and The Nature Conservancy. She is an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow and a Pew Marine Fellow. At Stanford, Roz teaches courses on the world food economy, human society and environmental change, and food security.

• Foreword ; Kofi Annan ; I) INTRODUCTION ; 1. The Many Faces of Food Security ; Rosamond L. Naylor ; II) THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ; 2. Food Security for the Poorest Billion: Policy Lessons from Indonesia ; Walter P. Falcon ; 3. The Food Security Roots of the Middle Income Trap ; Scott Rozelle, Jikun Huang, and Xiaobing Wang ; 4. Institutions, Interests, and Incentives in American Food and Agriculture ; Policy ; Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, David Lazarus, Walter Falcon, and Rosamond L. Naylor ; 5. Political Economy of EU Agricultural and Food Policies and Global Food Security ; Johan Swinnen ; III) CHALLENGES FOR THE POOREST BILLION ; 6. Creating Synergies Between Water, Energy, and Food Security for Smallholders ; Jennifer Burney ; 7. Health and Development at the Food-Water Nexus ; Jennifer Davis, Eran Bendavid, Amy J. Pickering, and Rosamond L. Naylor ; 8. Land Institutions and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa ; Whitney L. Smith and Rosamond L. Naylor ; IV) AGRICULTURE'S DEPENDENCE ON RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT ; 9. Food, Energy, and Climate Connections in a Global Economy ; David B. Lobell, Rosamond L. Naylor, and Christopher B. Field ; 10. Agricultural Nutrient Use and Its Environmental Consequences ; Peter A. Vitousek and Pamela A. Matson ; 11. Water Institutions and Agriculture ; Barton H. Thompson, Jr. ; 12. Global Agriculture and Land Use Changes in the 21st Century: Achieving a Balance Between Food Security, Urban Diet, and Nature Conservation ; Ximena Rueda and Eric F. Lambin ; V. FOOD IN A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONTEXT ; 13. Food and Security ; Stephan John Stedman ; 14. From Politics to Farm Plots: A Field Perspective on Food Security ; Rosamond L. Naylor ; Glossary ; Index

The Evolving Sphere of Food Security will be an inspiration to all who want to understand the key importance of food, water, and energy as they link with health, the environment, and the role of women-all so crucial for sustainable development.