{"product_id":"the-outer-fields-a-framework-for-understanding-food-systems-under-stress-9781972033227","title":"The Outer Fields: A Framework for Understanding Food Systems Under Stress","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ali Ayoub\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ayoub Sciences Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ayoub Sciences Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Policy - Agriculture \u0026amp; Food Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Outer Fields is a groundbreaking analysis of how global food systems have re-emerged as strategic infrastructure in an era defined by contested logistics, economic statecraft, and geopolitical rivalry. Moving beyond traditional treatments of food security as a humanitarian or commercial concern, the book demonstrates how calories, protein, agricultural inputs, and the corridors that move them now shape national endurance, coalition cohesion, and political decision-space during crises. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on historical anchors-from World War II grain logistics to Soviet era famine politics-and integrating contemporary evidence from China's agricultural strategy, the book introduces a rigorous analytic framework for understanding \"Agri power\" the ability to secure, move, process, and regulate food and inputs at scale in ways that enhance resilience and generate leverage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the lens of the PRC's \"outer fields\" campaign, the analysis shows how overseas production, state aligned trading firms, standards-setting, fertilizer and seed control, and port integration form a system designed to reduce exposure to maritime disruption while expanding influence over external actors. The book's Agri Power Matrix provides researchers and practitioners with a structured method for evaluating vulnerabilities and leverage points across logistics, seasonal timing, regulatory environments, and technology-enabled agricultural systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for policy analysts, academics, agribusiness leaders, and supply-chain strategists, The Outer Fields offers a clear, empirically grounded roadmap for understanding how food-system dependencies emerge, how they can be mitigated, and how they may be exploited-intentionally or unintentionally-through regulatory, logistical, and market mechanisms. It is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand how food, inputs, and corridors shape strategic behavior in a world where trade-continuity can no longer be assumed.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ayoub Sciences Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775321260183,"sku":"9781972033227","price":2548.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781972033227.webp?v=1777989633","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-outer-fields-a-framework-for-understanding-food-systems-under-stress-9781972033227","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}