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Food Security in South Asia: Strategies and Programmes for Regional Collaboration

In: Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia

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  • Muhammad Iqbal
  • Rashid Amjad

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This book considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration, and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional public goods provides an excellent opportunity to add to the successes in South Asian regional integration.

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  • Muhammad Iqbal & Rashid Amjad, 2012. "Food Security in South Asia: Strategies and Programmes for Regional Collaboration," Chapters, in: Sultan Hafeez Rahman & Sridhar Khatri & Hans-Peter Brunner (ed.), Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia, chapter 8, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. K.S. Kavi Kumar & Kamal Karunagoda & Enamul Haque & L. Venkatachelam & Girish Nath Bahal, 2012. "Addressing Long-term Challenges to Food Security and Rural Livelihoods in South Asia," Working Papers 2012-075, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India.
    3. Mazhar Mughal & Charlotte Fontan Sers, 2020. "Cereal production, undernourishment, and food insecurity in South Asia," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 524-545, May.
    4. Romero-Aguilar, Randall & Miranda, Mario J. & Glauber, Joseph W., 2015. "Sustainability of Regional Food Reserves When Default is Possible," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211825, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    5. Ward, Megan & Herr, Hansjörg & Pédussel Wu, Jennifer, 2020. "South Asian Free Trade Area and food trade: Implications for regional food security," IPE Working Papers 148/2020, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Institute for International Political Economy (IPE).
    6. Romero-Aguilar, Randall S. & Miranda, Mario J., 2015. "Sustainability of Regional Reserves When Default Is Possible," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205773, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    Keywords

    Asian Studies; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Urban and Regional Studies;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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