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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| 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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Table of 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