The World Food Problem: Toward Understanding and Ending Undernutrition in the Developing World

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The fifth edition of The World Food Problem reflects nearly a decade of new research on the causes and potential solutions to the problems of producing and distributing food in developing countries. With extensively updated data and new case studies throughout this edition includes new or expanded discussions of such issues as genetically modified food the impact of climate change the quality of agricultural land and water the significance of globalization abd implications of changes in demographic policy such as the reversal of Chinas "one-child rule". CONTENTS: Introduction. THE FACTS ABOUT MALNUTRITION. Famines: The Historical Context. Defining Malnutrition. Measuring Undernutrition. Why Does It Matter? Who When Where? ADDRESSING CAUSES OF UNDERNUTRITION. Supply and Demand. Its Not Food vs. Population. The Problem of Income. Other Factors Influencing Demand. Issues of Agricultural Land and Water. Environmental Degradation and Climate Change. The Potential of Input Intensity. The Potential of New Technology. An Important Aside: The Question of Health. POLICY APPROACHES TO UNDERNUTRITION. Philosophical Approaches to Food Policy. Raising the Incomes of the Poor. Population Policy. Subsidizing Consumption. Its All About Distribution (Isnt It?). Raising Prices Paid to Farmers. Increasing Food Supply. ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS. The Future of World Food Supply and Demand.