The world food problem
Subtitle: tackling the causes of undernutrition in the Third World
By: Howard D. Leathers, Phillips Foster.
Contributors: Foster, Phillips, 1931-
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588266385
Subjects: Food supply -- Developing countries; Poor -- Nutrition -- Developing countries; Malnutrition -- Developing countries; Food supply -- Government policy -- Developing countries; Nutrition policy -- Developing countries; Food supply -- Developing countries -- International cooperation
Notes: Foster's name appears first on first and second editions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Famines; title: Malnutrition defined; title: Measuring undernutrition; title: Impacts of undernutrition; title: Undernutrition: who, when, where?; title: Economics and the concept of food security; title: It is not food versus population; title: Income distribution and undernutrition; title: Other factors influencing demand for food; title: Agricultural land and water; title: Agricultural production and the environment; title: Increasing yields and input use; title: Increasing yields and new technology; title: Health-related causes of undernutrition; title: Policy approaches to undernutrition; title: Philosophical approaches to undernutrition; title: Policies aimed at raising the incomes of the poor; title: Policies aimed at demographic causes of undernutrition; title: Policies aimed at lowering the price of food through subsidized consumption; title: Policies aimed at improving access to food: it's all about distribution (isn't it?); title: Policies that raise prices paid to farmers: direct subsidies and eliminating urban bias; title: Policies aimed at lowering the price of food by increasing the supply; title: World food supply and demand for the next half-century: some alternative scenarios.