The World Food Problem : Toward Ending Undernutrition in the Third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leathers, Howard D., Author.

Foster, Phillips, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

1 Introduction

Part 1 Malnutrition: What Are the Facts?

2 Famines

3 Malnutrition Defined

4 Measuring Undernutrition

5 Impacts of Undernutrition

6 Undernutrition: Who, When, Where?

Part 2 Causes of Undernutrition

7 Economics: Supply and Demand

8 It’s Not Food vs. Population

9 Income Distribution and Undernutrition

10 Other Factors Influencing Demand for Food

11 Agricultural Land and Water

12 Agricultural Production and the Environment

13 Increasing Yields Through Input Intensity

14 Increasing Yields Through New Technology

15 The Interaction Between Undernutrition and Health

Part 3 Policy Approaches to Undernutrition

16 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition

17 Policies That Raise the Incomes of the Poor

18 Policies That Address the Demographic Causes of Undernutrition

19 Policies That Reduce the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption

20 Policies That Improve Access to Food: It’s All About Distribution (Isn’t It?)

21 Policies That Raise Prices Paid to Farmers: Direct Subsidies and Elimination of Urban Bias

22 Policies That Reduce the Price of Food by Increasing Supply

23 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: Alternative Scenarios

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-682-9

OCLC:

1334343310