The World Food Problem : Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World

An accessible analysis of the current world food problem, as well as a provocative assessment of prospects for the future. CONTENTS Preface 1 Introduction Part 1 Malnutrition: What Are the Facts? Introduction 2 Famines 3 Malnutrition Defined 4 Measuring Undernutrition 5 Impacts of Undernutrition 6 Undernutrition: Who, When, Where? Part 2 Causes of Undernutrition Introduction 7 Economics: Supply and Demand 8 The Concept of Food Security 9 It Is Not Food Versus Population 10 Income Distribution and Undernutrition 11 Other Factors Influencing Demand for Food 12 Agricultural Land and Water 13 Agricultural Production and the Environment 14 Increasing Yields 15 Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition Part 3 Policy Approaches to Undernutrition Introduction 16 Philosophical Approaches to Undernutrition 17 Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition 18 Policies Aimed at Raising the Income of the Poor 19 Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition 20 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption 21 Policies Aimed at Improving Access to Food: It's All About Distribution (Isn't It?) 22 Policies That Raise Prices Paid to Farmers: Direct Subsidies and Eliminating Urban Bias 23 Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply 24 World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half-Century: Some Alternative Scenarios References Index About the Book