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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Leathers, Howard D.,; Foster, Phillips,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685856823; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685856823
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.

An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future.