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
Subjects:
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