Dear Economic Geography Members, I draw your attention to a mini special issue on the 2008 global food crisis which was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (http://www.pnas.org/content/early/recent). I include the emails of corresponding authors in the event that your library does not have a subscription to the journal and you would like a copy.
Commentary: Thomas J. Bassett Reducing hunger vulnerability through sustainable development PNAS 201001121; published ahead of print March 25, 2010, doi:10.1073/pnas.1001121107 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/24/1001121107.full.pdf+html Email: bass...@illinois.edu Social Sciences - Sustainability Science: William G. Moseley, Judith Carney, and Laurence Becker Neoliberal policy, rural livelihoods, and urban food security in West Africa: A comparative study of The Gambia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali PNAS 200905717; published ahead of print March 25, 2010, doi:10.1073/pnas.0905717107 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/08/0905717107.full.pdf+html Email: mose...@macalester.edu Social Sciences - Sustainability Science - Biological Sciences - Environmental Sciences: Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer The agroecological matrix as alternative to the land-sparing/agriculture intensification model PNAS 200905455; published ahead of print March 25, 2010, doi:10.1073/pnas.0905455107 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/08/0905455107.full.pdf+html Email: perfe...@umich.edu Social Sciences - Sustainability Science: Rinku Roy Chowdhury Differentiation and concordance in smallholder land use strategies in southern Mexico's conservation frontier PNAS 200905892; published ahead of print March 25, 2010, doi:10.1073/pnas.0905892107 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/08/0905892107.full.pdf+html Email: rroyc...@indiana.edu Regards, Bill -- William G. Moseley Associate Professor, Geography Dept Director, African Studies Program Macalester College 1600 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105-1899 USA Email: mose...@macalester.edu Tel: 651-696-6126, Fax: 651-696-6116 http://www.macalester.edu/geography/faculty/moseley.html Editor, African Geographical Review http://www.macalester.edu/geography/agr