1. Foreword

   • Norman Borlaug

   Editorial 06 February 2009 Pages: 1 - 1

2. In this issue

   • Richard Strange
   • Peter Scott

   Editorial 24 January 2009 Pages: 3 - 4

3. Food security: definition and measurement

   • Per Pinstrup-Andersen

   Original Paper 21 January 2009 Pages: 5 - 7

4. Addressing the food crisis: governance, market functioning, and investment in public goods

   • Joachim von Braun

   Original Paper 14 January 2009 Pages: 9 - 15

   

5. The politics of plants

   • Emma Frow
   • David Ingram
   • Steven Yearley

   Original paper 27 January 2009 Pages: 17 - 23

6. Why does famine persist in Africa?

   • Stephen Devereux

   Original Paper 24 January 2009 Pages: 25 - 35

7. The African Green Revolution moves forward

   • Pedro A. Sanchez
   • Glenn L. Denning
   • Generose Nziguheba

   Original Paper 10 February 2009 Pages: 37 - 44

   

8. Soil degradation as a reason for inadequate human nutrition

   • R. Lal

   Original Paper 07 February 2009 Pages: 45 - 57

   

9. Present and future water requirements for feeding humanity

   • M. Falkenmark
   • J. Rockström
   • L. Karlberg

   Review 03 February 2009 Pages: 59 - 69

   

10. Agricultural productivity in the lower Mekong Basin: trends and future prospects for food security

    • Mohammed Mainuddin
    • Mac Kirby

    Original Paper 06 January 2009 Pages: 71 - 82

    

11. Spatial variation in biodiversity, soil degradation and productivity in agricultural landscapes in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia

    • Kiros M. Hadgu
    • Walter A. H. Rossing
    • Ariena H. C. van Bruggen

    Original Paper Open access 10 February 2009 Pages: 83 - 97

    

12. Putting the poorest farmers in control of disseminating improved wheat seed: a strategy to accelerate technology adoption and alleviate poverty in Bangladesh

    • Sam L. J. Page
    • Md Elahi Baksh
    • Stephen R. Waddington

    Original Paper 21 January 2009 Pages: 99 - 109