The world food problem : toward ending undernutrition in the Third World / Howard D. Leathers, Phillips Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leathers, Howard D.

Contributor:

Foster, Phillips, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Developing countries.

Food supply.

International cooperation.

Poor--Nutrition.

Poor.

Developing countries.

Poor--Nutrition--Developing countries.

Malnutrition--Developing countries.

Malnutrition.

Food supply--Government policy--Developing countries.

Food supply--Government policy.

Nutrition policy--Developing countries.

Nutrition policy.

Food supply--Developing countries--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 433 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.

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.

Notes:

Foster's name appears first on first and second editions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781588266385

1588266389

OCLC:

317067893