[9788132323631] Food Politics and Food Organizations

Cover 1 Table of Contents 3 Chapter 1 - Food Politics 4 Chapter 2 - Agricultural Policy 23 Chapter 3 - Food and Agriculture Organization 32 Chapter 4 - Food and Drug Administration 48 Chapter 5 - United Kingdom Food Labeling Regulations & European Food Safety Authority 66 Chapter 6 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 71 Chapter 7 - Food Standards Agency & Food Safety and Inspection Service 82 Chapter 8 - World Food Programme 88

In this rich compilation, Emeka Nwosu takes the reader to a journey of the issues that have helped to shape discourses on various aspects of the Nigerian state and society. The articles, originally published in his weekly column in the premier Nigerian daily newspaper, ThisDay, not only show his perspectives on these issues when they were written but also reveal how discussions on some of those issues have evolved over time and how they have mutated today.

Journalists, especially those who maintain regular columns, are often said to write 'history in a hurry'. For experienced writers like the author whose writings are research-based, it does not mean that what they write about is factually wrong but simply that their writings are infused with the passions and emotions that attended those issues as they unfolded.

This collection is therefore not only informed commentaries on some of the issues that have shaped the contour of the Nigerian state and society over the years but a good trip on the passions and emotions that attended those discourses. The articles, 66 of them, are written with remarkable candour and gusto and therefore a delight to read. They form a very important contribution to the corpus of works on Nigerian politics and society.

This is an integrated book on Food Politics and Food Organizations.