The world food problem : toward ending undernutrition in the Third World /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Leathers, Howard D.
Other Authors:	Foster, Phillips, 1931-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, Colorado ; London : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009. ©2009.
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Subjects:	Food supply > Developing countries. Poor > Nutrition > Developing countries. Malnutrition > Developing countries. Food supply > Government policy > Developing countries. Nutrition policy > Developing countries. Food supply > Developing countries > International cooperation.

Table of Contents:

Famines
Malnutrition defined
Measuring undernutrition
Impacts of undernutrition
Undernutrition: who, when, where?
Economics : supply and demand
It's not food vs. population
Income distribution and undernutrition
Other factors influencing demand for food
Agricultural land and water
Agricultural production and the environment
Increasing yields through input intensity
Increasing yields through new technology
The interaction between undernutrition and health
Philosophical approaches to undernutrition
Policies that raise the incomes of the poor
Policies that address the demographic causes of undernutrition
Policies that reduce the price of food through subsidized consumption
Policies that improve access to food : it's all about distribution (isn't it?)
Policies that raise prices paid to farmers : direct subsidies and elimination of urban bias
Policies that reduce the price of food by increasing supply
World food supply and demand for the next half century: alternative scenarios.

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