The World Food Problem : : Toward Ending Undernutrition in the Third World / / 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.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
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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 |
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Summary: | An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future. |
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. |