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The State of food insecurity in the world, 1999.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--Developing countries.
- Food supply.
- Starvation.
- Physical Description:
- 32 p. : ill., maps.
- Other Title:
- Food insecurity in the world, 1999
- At head of title: Food insecurity, when people must live with hunger and fear starvation
- Place of Publication:
- Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Intro
- About this report
- Contents
- Towards the World Food Summit target
- Foreword
- Counting and locating hungry people
- Undernourishment around the world
- Progress and setbacks in developing countries
- Well-being of young children
- Nutritional status and vulnerability
- Incidence of malnutrition in vulnerable areas
- Vulnerable people Ð who and why
- Profiles of vulnerability
- Environmental potential and constraints
- Factors that bring about change
- Dynamics of change
- Economic growth spurs improvements in food security status for most Asian nations
- Mixed picture of progress and setback characterizes Latin America and the Caribbean
- War-ravaged Afghanistan loses ground while Morocco leads good performers
- Several West African nations register gains but problems grow worse elsewhere in Africa
- Recent shocks: floods, drought, war and financial collapse threaten progress
- The way ahead
- Meeting the challenge
- Tables.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 92-5-104328-0
- OCLC:
- 927559395
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