Food policy for developing countries : the role of government in global, national, and local food systems / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II ; foreword by Søren E. Frandsen, Arie Kuyvenhoven, and Joachim von Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinstrup-Andersen, Per.

Contributor:

Watson, Derrill D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Government policy--Developing countries.

Food supply.

Nutrition policy--Developing countries.

Nutrition policy.

Food security--Developing countries.

Food security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful food policies.In this new textbook intended to be used with the three volumes of Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries (also from Cornell), the 2001 World Food Prize laureate Per Pinstrup-Andersen and his colleague Derrill D. Watson II analyze international food policies and discuss how such policies can and must address the many complex challenges that lie ahead in view of continued poverty, globalization, climate change, food price volatility, natural resource degradation, demographic and dietary transitions, and increasing interests in local and organic food production.Food Policy for Developing Countries offers a "social entrepreneurship" approach to food policy analysis. Calling on a wide variety of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography, the authors show how all elements in the food system function together.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Toward a Dynamic Global Food System

Chapter 2. Food Policy

Chapter 3. Human Health and Nutrition Policies

Chapter 4. Food Security, Consumption, and Demand Policies

Chapter 5. Poverty Alleviation Policies

Chapter 6. Domestic Market Policies

Chapter 7. Food Production and Supply Policies

Chapter 8. Climate Change, Energy, and Natural Resource Management Policies

Chapter 9. Governance and Institutions

Chapter 10. Globalization and the Food System

Chapter 11. Ethical Aspects of Food Systems

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801463440

0801463440

9780801463433

0801463432

OCLC:

767952996