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The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [electronic resource] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- United Nations University
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Food supply.
- Nutrition--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Nutrition.
- Agricultural systems--Health aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Agricultural systems.
- Food industry and trade--Health aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Food industry and trade.
- Food security--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Food security.
- Public health--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Public health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- The African food system and human health and nutrition : a conceptual and empirical overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen
- The nutrition situation in Sub-Saharan Africa / Derrill D. Watson and Per Pinstrup-Andersen
- Disease burdens of Sub-Saharan Africa and their interactions with malnutrition / Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi
- Animals as a source of human diseases : historical perspective and future health risks for the African population / E. Fuller Torrey
- How AIDS epidemics interact with African food systems and how to improve the response / Stuart Gillespie
- Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa : pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures / Rebecca Nelson
- Nutrition and the environment : fundamental to food security in Africa / Anna Herforth
- Food safety as a bridge between the food system and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorothy Nakimbugwe and Kathryn J. Boor
- Population dynamics and future food requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa / Barbara Boyle Torrey
- Income and food transfers to improve human health and nutrition / Harold Alderman
- The impact of poor health and nutrition on labor productivity, poverty, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / David E. Sahn
- Food systems and the escape from poverty and ill-health traps in Sub-Saharan Africa / Christopher B. Barrett
- Strengthening the role of women in the food systems of Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve nutrition and health goals / Laura K. Cramer and Speciosa Wandira
- Bridging the gap : linking agriculture and health to achieve the millennium development goals / Joachim von Braun, Marie T. Ruel, and Stuart Gillespie.
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with the United Nations University."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8014-6229-0
- OCLC:
- 922998092
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