Food politics
Subtitle: what everyone needs to know
By: Robert Paarlberg.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195389593; 9780195389609
Subjects: Agriculture and state; Food supply; Food -- Marketing; Nutrition policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of food politics; title: Food production and population growth; title: The politics of high food prices; title: The politics of chronic hunger; title: The politics of famine; title: The green revolution controversy; title: Food aid and food power; title: The politics of obesity; title: The politics of farm subsidies and trade; title: Agriculture, the environment, and farm animals; title: Agribusiness, supermarkets, and fast food; title: Organic and local food; title: Food safety and genetically engineered food; title: Who governs the world food system?