Foster, Phillips, 1931-
The world food problem : tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers. - 2nd ed. - Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. - xiv, 411 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-402) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Malnutrition defined -- Impacts of undernutrition -- Measuring undernutrition -- Undernutrition: who, where, when? -- The Concept of food security -- It is not food versus population -- Purchasing power: income and the price of food -- Undernutrition and the distribution of income, wealth and education -- Demographic factors influencing demand for food -- Agricultural land, water and yields -- Agricultural production and the environment -- Health-related causes of undernutrition -- Policies aimed at reducing inequalities and raising the income of the poor -- Policies aimed at lowering the price of food through subsidized consumption -- Policies that lower the prices paid to farmers: implicit subsidies and the costs of urban bias -- Policies aimed at lowering the price of food by increasing the supply -- Policy concepts and policymaking -- World food supply and demand for the next half century: some alternative scenarios.
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Food supply--Developing countries.
Poor--Nutrition--Developing countries.
Malnutrition--Developing countries.
Food supply--Government policy--Developing countries.
Nutrition policy--Developing countries.
Food supply--International cooperation.--Developing countries
HD9018.D44F68
363.8/09172/4
The world food problem : tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers. - 2nd ed. - Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. - xiv, 411 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-402) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Malnutrition defined -- Impacts of undernutrition -- Measuring undernutrition -- Undernutrition: who, where, when? -- The Concept of food security -- It is not food versus population -- Purchasing power: income and the price of food -- Undernutrition and the distribution of income, wealth and education -- Demographic factors influencing demand for food -- Agricultural land, water and yields -- Agricultural production and the environment -- Health-related causes of undernutrition -- Policies aimed at reducing inequalities and raising the income of the poor -- Policies aimed at lowering the price of food through subsidized consumption -- Policies that lower the prices paid to farmers: implicit subsidies and the costs of urban bias -- Policies aimed at lowering the price of food by increasing the supply -- Policy concepts and policymaking -- World food supply and demand for the next half century: some alternative scenarios.
1555877036 (pbk. : alk. paper)
98024979
Food supply--Developing countries.
Poor--Nutrition--Developing countries.
Malnutrition--Developing countries.
Food supply--Government policy--Developing countries.
Nutrition policy--Developing countries.
Food supply--International cooperation.--Developing countries
HD9018.D44F68
363.8/09172/4