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• catalog abstract ""This second edition of The World Food Problem incorporates an up-to-date description of the state of world food supply and demand, as well as an assessment of prospects for the future. Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry, while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors tackle the question of why and what can be done about it." "Integrating knowledge from many disciplines (agronomy, economics, nutrition, anthropology, demography, geography, health science, and public policy analysis), this highly readable and comprehensive text provides a combination of information and explanation designed specifically to be used in the undergraduate classroom."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11090376.
• catalog contributor b11090377.
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description ""This second edition of The World Food Problem incorporates an up-to-date description of the state of world food supply and demand, as well as an assessment of prospects for the future. Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry, while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors tackle the question of why and what can be done about it." "Integrating knowledge from many disciplines (agronomy, economics, nutrition, anthropology, demography, geography, health science, and public policy analysis), this highly readable and comprehensive text provides a combination of information and explanation designed specifically to be used in the undergraduate classroom."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Foreword / John W. Mellor -- 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Malnutrition: What are the Facts? -- 2. Malnutrition Defined -- 3. Impacts of Undernutrition -- 4. Measuring Undernutrition -- 5. Undernutrition: Who, Where, When? -- Pt. 2. Causes of Undernutrition -- 6. The Concept of Food Security -- 7. It Is Not Food Versus Population -- 8. Purchasing Power: Income and the Price of Food -- 9. Undernutrition and the Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Education -- 10. Demographic Factors Influencing Demand for Food -- 11. Agricultural Land, Water, and Yields -- 12. Agricultural Production and the Environment -- 13. Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- Pt. 3. Policy Approaches to Undernutrition -- 14. Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition -- 15. Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- 16. Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition -- 17. Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequalities and Raising the Income of the Poor -- 18. Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption -- 19. Policies That Lower the Prices Paid to Farmers: Implicit Subsidies and the Costs of Urban Bias -- 20. Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply -- 21. Policy Concepts and Policymaking -- 22. World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: Some Alternative Scenarios.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-402) and index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 411 p. :".
• catalog identifier "1555877036 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers,".
• catalog spatial "Developing countries".
• catalog spatial "Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "363.8//09172/4 21".
• catalog subject "Food supply Developing countries International cooperation.".
• catalog subject "Food supply Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "Food supply Government policy Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "HD9018.D44 F68 1999".
• catalog subject "Malnutrition Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "Nutrition policy Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "Poor Developing countries Nutrition.".
• catalog subject "Poor Nutrition Developing countries.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / John W. Mellor -- 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Malnutrition: What are the Facts? -- 2. Malnutrition Defined -- 3. Impacts of Undernutrition -- 4. Measuring Undernutrition -- 5. Undernutrition: Who, Where, When? -- Pt. 2. Causes of Undernutrition -- 6. The Concept of Food Security -- 7. It Is Not Food Versus Population -- 8. Purchasing Power: Income and the Price of Food -- 9. Undernutrition and the Distribution of Income, Wealth, and Education -- 10. Demographic Factors Influencing Demand for Food -- 11. Agricultural Land, Water, and Yields -- 12. Agricultural Production and the Environment -- 13. Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- Pt. 3. Policy Approaches to Undernutrition -- 14. Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition -- 15. Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition -- 16. Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition -- 17. Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequalities and Raising the Income of the Poor -- 18. Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption -- 19. Policies That Lower the Prices Paid to Farmers: Implicit Subsidies and the Costs of Urban Bias -- 20. Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply -- 21. Policy Concepts and Policymaking -- 22. World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century: Some Alternative Scenarios.".
• catalog title "The world food problem : tackling the causes of undernutrition in the Third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.".
• catalog type "text".