The World Food Problem : Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World /
Foster, Phillips
The World Food Problem : Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers. - 1 online resource (411 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- PART I MALNUTRITION: WHAT ARE THE FACTS? -- Introduction -- 2 Malnutrition Defined -- 3 Impacts of Undernutrition -- 4 Measuring Undernutrition -- 5 Undernutrition: Who, Where, When? -- PART 2 CAUSES OF UNDERNUTRITION -- Introduction -- 6 The Concept of Food Security -- 7 It Is Not Food Versus Population -- 8 Purchasing Power: Income and the Price of Food -- 9 Undernutrition and the Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Education -- 10 Demographic Factors Influencing Demand for Food -- 11 Agricultural Land, Water, and Yields -- 12 Agricultural Production and the Environment -- 13 Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- PART 3 POLICY APPROACHES TO UNDERNUTRITION -- Introduction -- 14 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition -- 15 Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- 16 Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition -- 17 Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequalities and Raising the Income of the Poor -- 18 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption -- 19 Policies That Lower the Prices Paid to Farmers: Implicit Subsidies and the Costs of Urban Bias -- 20 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply -- 21 Policy Concepts and Policymaking -- 22 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: Some Alternative Scenarios -- References -- Index -- About the Book
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An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555877033 9781685859671
10.1515/9781685859671 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy).
The World Food Problem : Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers. - 1 online resource (411 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- PART I MALNUTRITION: WHAT ARE THE FACTS? -- Introduction -- 2 Malnutrition Defined -- 3 Impacts of Undernutrition -- 4 Measuring Undernutrition -- 5 Undernutrition: Who, Where, When? -- PART 2 CAUSES OF UNDERNUTRITION -- Introduction -- 6 The Concept of Food Security -- 7 It Is Not Food Versus Population -- 8 Purchasing Power: Income and the Price of Food -- 9 Undernutrition and the Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Education -- 10 Demographic Factors Influencing Demand for Food -- 11 Agricultural Land, Water, and Yields -- 12 Agricultural Production and the Environment -- 13 Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- PART 3 POLICY APPROACHES TO UNDERNUTRITION -- Introduction -- 14 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition -- 15 Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- 16 Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition -- 17 Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequalities and Raising the Income of the Poor -- 18 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption -- 19 Policies That Lower the Prices Paid to Farmers: Implicit Subsidies and the Costs of Urban Bias -- 20 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply -- 21 Policy Concepts and Policymaking -- 22 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: Some Alternative Scenarios -- References -- Index -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555877033 9781685859671
10.1515/9781685859671 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy).