Hunger and health
Subtitle: eleven key questions on farming, food, and health in the Third world
By: Claude Aubert, in collaboration with Pierre Frapa and Cinam-Gret ; translated by Camille J. Cusumano, Wendy Greenberg, and Nicholas Bellotto.
Contributors: Frapa, Pierre.; CINAM-GRET (Working group)
Publisher: Rodale Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Agriculture -- Developing countries.; Food supply -- Developing countries.; Public health -- Developing countries.; Malnutrition -- Developing countries -- Prevention.; Food crops -- Developing countries.; Agricultural chemicals -- Developing countries.; Diet -- Developing countries.; Food industry and trade -- Developing countries.; Agriculture -- methods.; Environmental Health.; Food Supply.; Nutrition Disorders -- prevention & control.; Developing Countries.
Other titles: Eleven key questions on farming, food, and health in the Third World.
Description: Abstract: Eleven chapters address 11 questions on food production, health, and nutrition in developing countries. Each question is followed by a response, and supplementary readings on the topics of the question. The subjects of the 11 questions and the supplementary readings detail; increasing food production in developing countries without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides; reducing food storage losses without pesticides; the health effects of chemical agricultural products; the danger to Third World population due to export crops; dependence on mechanized food production; irrigated programs that are not harmful to general health; the economic and nutritional aspects of food processing; nutritional views on food imports; simple, inexpensive means to combat protein and vitamin deficiencies; and health improvements by changing the diet. Graphs, charts, and data tables are included. An extensive bibliography is included. (mdp).
Notes: Bibliography: p. 159-177.
Translation of: Onze questions clés sur l'agriculture, l'alimentation, la santè, le Tiers-monde.
Includes index.