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The World Food Problem : Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (411 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781555877033
  • 9781685859671
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Contents:
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
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 -- 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.

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