World Hunger

World Hunger
ISBN-10
1134774931
ISBN-13
9781134774937
Series
World Hunger
Category
Science
Pages
198
Language
English
Published
2002-01-04
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Liz Young

Description

World Hunger explores the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger, explaining why hunger still persists while agricultural production increases and genetic engineering revolutionises food production and distribution. Numerous case studies, drawn from the North and South, illustrate the diversity of diets in the world and the connections between the global and local. Globalisation and access to food in the global supermarket is examined. Explaining the essential political character of hunger, the author exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged and it becomes possible to envisage a world where hunger is history.

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