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World Hunger : 10 Myths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lappé, Frances Moore.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunger--Developing countries.
- Hunger.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Other Title:
- World Hunger
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Perseus Book LLC (Ingram), 2015.
- Summary:
- From best-selling authors Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins comes the 21st century's definitive book on world hunger. Driven by the question, "Why hunger despite an abundance of food?" Lappé and Collins refute the myths that prevent us from addressing the root causes of hunger across the globe. World Hunger: Ten Myths draws on extensive new research to offer fresh, often startling, insights about tough questions-from climate change and population growth to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the role of U.S. foreign aid, and more.Brimming with little-known but life-changing examples of solutions to hunger worldwide, this myth-busting book argues that sustainable agriculture can feed the world, that we can end nutritional deprivation affecting one-quarter of the world's people, and that most in the Global North have more in common with hungry people than they thought. For novices and scholars alike, World Hunger: Ten Myths will inspire a whole new generation of hunger-fighters.
- Contents:
- Intro
- World Hunger
- Other books by both authors
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Beyond Guild Fear & Despair
- myth 1: Too Little Food, Too Many People
- myth 2: Climate Change Makes Hungry Inevitable
- myth 3: Only Industrial Agriculture & GMO's Feed a Hungry World
- myth 4: Organic & Ecological Farming Can't Feed a Hungry World
- myth 5: Greater Fairness or More Production? We Have to Choose
- myth 6: The Free Market Can't End Hunger
- myth 7: Free Trade is the Answer
- myth 8: U.S. Foreign Aid Is the Best Way to Help the Hungry
- myth 9: It's Not Our Problem
- myth 10: Power Is Too Concentrated for Real Change-It's Too Late
- Beyond the Myths of Hunger: The Takeaway
- Right to Food Fundamentals
- Connection & Action Opportunities: What Can We Do?
- About the Authors
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 1027199909
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