Th e global food crisis is not just another crisis, but its implications in terms of human
cost and human capability failures, human rights and human freedom go beyond
the arena of cognizable dimensions. Th e book is basically focused on the genesis,
magnitude, impact and policy alternatives for the present food crisis. It brings under
its analytic umbrella the problems and perspectives that accompany the crisis..
Th e ramifi cation of the crisis has been analyzed with respect to its impact on poverty,
income distribution, infl ation rates, investment and savings, economic growth rates
and other related macroeconomic fundamentals with special reference to developing
economies. Th e studies also elaborate on the short-run and long-run policy options
to fi nd viable solutions to the problem of world food crisis
Th e chapters are written by well-known scholars. Readers with an interest in food
prices and policy will fi nd this book to be a timely, up-to-date and informative for
their personal book collection. It should be immensely useful to students of the
subject, researchers, policy makers and intelligent laymen.
Dr. B. N. Ghosh, PhD (India), PhD (Australia), M.CIM (UK),
GFCR (Harvard), is a Visiting Professor at Leeds College of
Business Management and Technology, Leeds (UK) and formerly,
the Director of Institute of Management and Technology, Govt.
of Kerala, Punnapra (Kerala). He received his education from
Australia, India, UK and USA and has taught in many universities
in India and abroad including University of Science, Malaysia and
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. He had a stint as a Visiting Professor at Zhejiang Gongshang University, China. He
has written a large number of books published by multinational publishers including
Routledge, Palgrave-Macmillan (London and New York), Nova Science(New York),
Wisdom House, Longman and Ashgate (London) and contributed a large number of
research papers in refereed professional journals of India, USA, UK, Cyprus, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, Bangladesh, Sweden, Korea, the Netherlands and Philippines. He has provided short-term consultancy to various organizations including the UGC, Govt. of Malaysia and the UNDP. He is the recipient of the Emerald Award (UK) for academic excellence (2006) and is the Chief Editor of Journal of Human Development.
