The world food problem
Subtitle: tackling the causes of undernutrition in the Third World
By: Phillips Foster, Howard D. Leathers.
Contributors: Leathers, Howard D.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
Subjects: Food supply -- Developing countries.; Poor -- Developing countries -- Nutrition.; Malnutrition -- Developing countries.; Food supply -- Government policy -- Developing countries.; Nutrition policy -- Developing countries.; Food supply -- Developing countries -- International cooperation.
Description: This second edition of The World Food Problem incorporates an up-to-date description of the state of world food supply and demand, as well as an assessment of prospects for the future. Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry, while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors tackle the question of why and what can be done about it.

Integrating knowledge from many disciplines (agronomy, economics, nutrition, anthropology, demography, geography, health science, and public policy analysis), this highly readable and comprehensive text provides a combination of information and explanation designed specifically to be used in the undergraduate classroom.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-402) and index.