The World Food Problem : : Tackling the Causes of 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, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (420 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; 1 Introduction --; Part 1 Malnutrition: What Are the Facts? --; Introduction --; 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 The Concept of Food Security --; 9 It Is Not Food Versus Population --; 10 Income Distribution and Undernutrition --; 11 Other Factors Influencing Demand for Food --; 12 Agricultural Land and Water --; 13 Agricultural Production and the Environment --; 14 Increasing Yields --; 15 Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition --; Part 3 Policy Approaches to Undernutrition --; 16 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition --; 17 Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition --; 18 Policies Aimed at Raising the Income of the Poor --; 19 Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition --; 20 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption --; 21 Policies Aimed at Improving Access to Food: It's All About Distribution (Isn't It?) --; 22 Policies That Raise Prices Paid to Farmers: Direct Subsidies and Eliminating Urban Bias --; 23 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply --; 24 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half-Century: Some Alternative Scenarios --; References --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685858858; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685858858
• 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.