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 Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Foster, Phillips,; Leathers, Howard D. ,
• MitwirkendeR: Mellor, John W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; 1 Introduction --; PART I MALNUTRITION: WHAT ARE THE FACTS? --; Introduction --; 2 Malnutrition Defined --; 3 Impacts of Undernutrition --; 4 Measuring Undernutrition --; 5 Undernutrition: Who, Where, When? --; PART 2 CAUSES OF UNDERNUTRITION --; 6 The Concept of Food Security --; 7 It Is Not Food Versus Population --; 8 Purchasing Power: Income and the Price of Food --; 9 Undernutrition and the Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Education --; 10 Demographic Factors Influencing Demand for Food --; 11 Agricultural Land, Water, and Yields --; 12 Agricultural Production and the Environment --; 13 Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition --; PART 3 POLICY APPROACHES TO UNDERNUTRITION --; 14 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition --; 15 Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition --; 16 Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition --; 17 Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequalities and Raising the Income of the Poor --; 18 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption --; 19 Policies That Lower the Prices Paid to Farmers: Implicit Subsidies and the Costs of Urban Bias --; 20 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply --; 21 Policy Concepts and Policymaking --; 22 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: 9781685859671; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685859671
• 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.