The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen.

• Author: United Nations University.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per.; United Nations University.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 357 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "Published in cooperation with the United Nations University."

Table of Contents

The African food system and human health and nutrition : a conceptual and empirical overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- The nutrition situation in Sub-Saharan Africa / Derrill D. Watson and Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- Disease burdens of Sub-Saharan Africa and their interactions with malnutrition / Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi -- Animals as a source of human diseases : historical perspective and future health risks for the African population / E. Fuller Torrey -- How AIDS epidemics interact with African food systems and how to improve the response / Stuart Gillespie -- Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa : pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures / Rebecca Nelson -- Nutrition and the environment : fundamental to food security in Africa / Anna Herforth -- Food safety as a bridge between the food system and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorothy Nakimbugwe and Kathryn J. Boor -- Population dynamics and future food requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa / Barbara Boyle Torrey -- Income and food transfers to improve human health and nutrition / Harold Alderman -- The impact of poor health and nutrition on labor productivity, poverty, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / David E. Sahn -- Food systems and the escape from poverty and ill-health traps in Sub-Saharan Africa / Christopher B. Barrett -- Strengthening the role of women in the food systems of Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve nutrition and health goals / Laura K. Cramer and Speciosa Wandira -- Bridging the gap : linking agriculture and health to achieve the millennium development goals / Joachim von Braun, Marie T. Ruel, and Stuart Gillespie.