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The World Food Problem : Toward Ending Undernutrition in the Third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (433 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685856823
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Malnutrition: What Are the Facts? -- 2 Famines -- 3 Malnutrition Defined -- 4 Measuring Undernutrition -- 5 Impacts of Undernutrition -- 6 Undernutrition: Who, When, Where? -- Part 2 Causes of Undernutrition -- 7 Economics: Supply and Demand -- 8 It’s Not Food vs. Population -- 9 Income Distribution and Undernutrition -- 10 Other Factors Influencing Demand for Food -- 11 Agricultural Land and Water -- 12 Agricultural Production and the Environment -- 13 Increasing Yields Through Input Intensity -- 14 Increasing Yields Through New Technology -- 15 The Interaction Between Undernutrition and Health -- Part 3 Policy Approaches to Undernutrition -- 16 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition -- 17 Policies That Raise the Incomes of the Poor -- 18 Policies That Address the Demographic Causes of Undernutrition -- 19 Policies That Reduce the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption -- 20 Policies That Improve Access to Food: It’s All About Distribution (Isn’t It?) -- 21 Policies That Raise Prices Paid to Farmers: Direct Subsidies and Elimination of Urban Bias -- 22 Policies That Reduce the Price of Food by Increasing Supply -- 23 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: Alternative Scenarios -- References -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Malnutrition: What Are the Facts? -- 2 Famines -- 3 Malnutrition Defined -- 4 Measuring Undernutrition -- 5 Impacts of Undernutrition -- 6 Undernutrition: Who, When, Where? -- Part 2 Causes of Undernutrition -- 7 Economics: Supply and Demand -- 8 It’s Not Food vs. Population -- 9 Income Distribution and Undernutrition -- 10 Other Factors Influencing Demand for Food -- 11 Agricultural Land and Water -- 12 Agricultural Production and the Environment -- 13 Increasing Yields Through Input Intensity -- 14 Increasing Yields Through New Technology -- 15 The Interaction Between Undernutrition and Health -- Part 3 Policy Approaches to Undernutrition -- 16 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition -- 17 Policies That Raise the Incomes of the Poor -- 18 Policies That Address the Demographic Causes of Undernutrition -- 19 Policies That Reduce the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption -- 20 Policies That Improve Access to Food: It’s All About Distribution (Isn’t It?) -- 21 Policies That Raise Prices Paid to Farmers: Direct Subsidies and Elimination of Urban Bias -- 22 Policies That Reduce the Price of Food by Increasing Supply -- 23 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: 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.

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