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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leathers, Howard D. (Author), Foster, Phillips , 1931- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienners , c2009
Edition:4th ed
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245 1 4 |a The world food problem :   |b toward ending undernutrition in the Third World   |c Howard D.Leathers,Phillips Foster 
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260 |a Boulder :   |b Lynne Rienners ,   |c c2009 
300 |a xiv, 433 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
500 |a Foster?s name appears first on first and second editions 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 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 
650 0 |a Food supply   |x Government policy   |z Developing countries 
650 0 |a Food supply   |z Developing countries 
650 0 |a Food supply   |z Developing countries   |x International cooperation 
650 0 |a Malnutrition   |z Developing countries   |v Congresses 
650 0 |a Nutrition policy   |z Developing countries 
650 0 |a Poor   |x Nutrition   |z Developing countries 
700 1 |a Foster, Phillips ,   |d 1931- ,   |e author 
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