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Plenty of Food but not Enough to Eat

Hunger and Power in Ghana

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Indigenist African Development and Related Issues

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This Chapter examine s the theoretical and methodological limitations of food security literature. The case study of hunger in Ghana in the aftermath of the 2007 global food crisis illustrates how the Ghanaian government has been perceived as the primary agent to address the issue of food security.

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  1. University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

    Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw

  2. University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

    Jophus Anamuah-Mensah

  3. Ontario Institute for Education of the University of Toronto, Canada

    George Sefa Dei

  4. University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

    Kolawole Raheem

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Bin, C.H. (2014). Plenty of Food but not Enough to Eat. In: Asabere-Ameyaw, A., Anamuah-Mensah, J., Dei, G.S., Raheem, K. (eds) Indigenist African Development and Related Issues. Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-659-2_10

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