Description
This book explores the hidden face of globalization over a lengthy period of time across several continents to reveal the permanent power of wheat. It is a compelling reminder of the strategic nature of agriculture. Wheat embodies the extent to which a food commodity determines global security and the evolution of power relations between the few countries that produce it and the others who have recourse to international markets to satisfy their needs. For it is wheat that has been the staple diet of populations over time. When it runs out, there is unrest and fear. If necessary, it regains its political centrality. Wheat enters the lives of billions of people every day. While its consumption is becoming global, it remains very unevenly distributed on the planet.
Discover the strategic challenges of wheat worldwide in terms of production, consumption, and trade, from climate change to the war in Ukraine to the food crisis.
A concise and educational introduction to a complex geopolitical issue.
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Rights sold to: China and Japan
Author Biography
Sébastien Abis is director to the General Secretary of CIHEAM (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies) and associate researcher at IRIS (The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs). He specialises in the strategic issues of agriculture, cereals and the Mediterranean basin. He is managing director of the Club DEMETER since 2017, an ecosystem of decision-makers in the agricultural, agro-industrial, and agrifood sector.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher/Imprint Dunod Editeur / Armand Colin
- Publication Date February 2023
- Orginal LanguageFrench
- ISBN/Identifier 9782200635961
- Publication Country or regionFrance
- FormatPaperback
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleGéopolitique du blé. Un produit vital pour la sécurité mondiale
- Original Language AuthorsFrench
- Copyright Year2023
- SeriesObjectif Monde
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