02288cam a2200349 a 4500 2142537 20210414113933.0 980512s1999 coua b 001 0 eng 98024979 1555877036 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC d------ HD9018.D44F68 363.8/09172/4 22 Foster, Phillips, 1931- The world food problem : tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third World / Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers. 2nd ed. Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. xiv, 411 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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. Food supply Developing countries. Poor Nutrition Developing countries. Malnutrition Developing countries. Food supply Government policy Developing countries. Nutrition policy Developing countries. Food supply Developing countries International cooperation. Leathers, Howard D. 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK 804 8304 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F68 1941/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 1 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F681 1942/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 2 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F682 1943/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 3 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F683 1944/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 4 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F684 1945/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 5 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F685 1946/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 6 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F686 1947/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 7 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F687 1948/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 8 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F688 1949/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 9 2012-04-30 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-04-30 0 HD9018.D44F689 1950/12 2012-04-30 00:00:00 10 2012-04-30 BK