Case studies in food policy for developing countries: Volume 1 Policies for health, nutrition, food consumption, and poverty

The food problems now facing the world-scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity-are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions?In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have b...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per 1939- (HerausgeberIn), Cheng, Fuzhi (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press 2009
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Links:https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466366
Zusammenfassung:The food problems now facing the world-scarcity and starvation, contamination and illness, overabundance and obesity-are both diverse and complex. What are their causes? How severe are they? Why do they persist? What are the solutions?In three volumes that serve as valuable teaching tools and have been designed to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography to create a holistic picture of the state of the world's food systems today.Volume I of the Case Studies addresses policies related to health, nutrition, food consumption, and poverty
Beschreibung:Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2018
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (VII, 259 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:9780801466366
DOI:10.7591/9780801466366