The world food problem : tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 411 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 1555877036 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Food supply -- Developing countries | Poor -- Nutrition -- Developing countries | Malnutrition -- Developing countries | Food supply -- Government policy -- Developing countries | Nutrition policy -- Developing countries | Food supply -- Developing countries -- International cooperationDDC classification: 363.8/09172/4 LOC classification: HD9018.D44F68Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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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