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100 1 _aFoster, Phillips,
_d1931-
245 1 4 _aThe world food problem : tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third World /
_cPhillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aBoulder :
_bLynne Rienner Publishers,
_c1999.
300 _axiv, 411 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 377-402) and index.
505 _aContents: 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.
650 0 _aFood supply
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aPoor
_xNutrition
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aMalnutrition
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aFood supply
_xGovernment policy
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aNutrition policy
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aFood supply
_zDeveloping countries
_xInternational cooperation.
700 1 _aLeathers, Howard D.
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