Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-402) and index.

Contents: Introduction -- Malnutrition defined -- Impacts of undernutrition -- Measuring undernutrition -- Undernutrition: who, where, when? -- The Concept of food security -- It is not food versus population -- Purchasing power: income and the price of food -- Undernutrition and the distribution of income, wealth and education -- Demographic factors influencing demand for food -- Agricultural land, water and yields -- Agricultural production and the environment -- Health-related causes of undernutrition -- Policies aimed at reducing inequalities and raising the income of the poor -- Policies aimed at lowering the price of food through subsidized consumption -- Policies that lower the prices paid to farmers: implicit subsidies and the costs of urban bias -- Policies aimed at lowering the price of food by increasing the supply -- Policy concepts and policymaking -- World food supply and demand for the next half century: some alternative scenarios.