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

The World Food Problem: Toward Understanding and Ending Undernutrition in the Developing World
ISBN-10
1626374511
ISBN-13
9781626374515
Series
The World Food Problem
Category
Food supply
Pages
457
Language
English
Published
2017
Publisher
Lynn Reinner Publishers
Authors
Howard D. Leathers, Phillips Foster

Description

¿Why are there still approximately 1 billion people who do not have food security? This excellent book ... gives the facts, explains the causes and suggests mitigating policies.¿ ¿Richard Strange, Food Security ¿An important addition to the reading list for economic courses on the world food problem.¿ ¿Roland Herrmann, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics ¿A fine book, which should be widely adopted as a text for world food courses.¿ ¿George J. Viksnins, Journal of Developing Areas 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 ¿ implications of changes in demographic policy, such as the reversal of China¿s ¿one-child rule¿ The result is an accessible, comprehensive text, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future.

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