The fight against hunger and malnutrition : the role of food, agriculture, and targeted policies /

"Advances in science and policy during the past 50 years have prevented the predicted widespread food shortages as the world's population soared. Malnutrition, however, remains prevalent. This book details strategies and practical approaches designed to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sahn, David E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Nutrition policy.
Starvation.
Malnutrition.
Food supply > Government policy.
Food industry and trade > Technological innovations.
Politique alimentaire.
Inanition.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Politique gouvernementale.
starvation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Malnutrition
Nutrition policy
Starvation
Food industry and trade > Technological innovations
Food supply > Government policy
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Using height-for-age difference instead of height-for-age Z-scores for the meaningful measurement of catch-up growth in children under 5 years of age / Jef L. Leroy, Marie T. Ruel, Jean-Pierre Habicht, and Edward A. Frongillo
  • Can transfer programs be made more nutrition sensitive? / Harold Alderman
  • The micronutrient deficiencies challenge in African food systems / Christopher B. Barrett and Leah E.M. Bevis
  • The internationalization of the obesity epidemic: the case of sugar-sweetened sodas / Malden C. Nesheim and Marion Nestle
  • Evidence-informed policymaking: lessons from food security and nutrition monitoring systems during food crises / Suresh Chandra Babu
  • Access to adequate nutritious food: new indicators to track progress and inform action / Anna Herforth
  • Agriculture for nutrition: getting policies right / Praghu Pingali, Katie Ricketts, and David E. Sahn
  • Is small farm-led development still a relevant strategy for Africa and Asia? / Peter B.R. Hazell
  • Agricultural R & D, food prices, poverty, and malnutrition redux / Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey
  • Bioeconomy: science and technology policy to harmonize biologization of economies with food security / Joachim von Braun
  • Global and local food systems in the GM labeling campaign / Tina Andersen Huey
  • Population increases and agricultural productivity / Barbara Boyle Torrey and E. Fuller Torrey, MD
  • Ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025: accelerating the pace / Shenggen Fan, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, and Sinafikeh Gemessa
  • The present pattern of growth, inequality, and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa / Erik Thorbecke
  • Social mobilization and food security: the contribution of organized civil society to hunger reduction policies in Latin America / Marygold Walsh-Dilley and Wendy Wolford
  • Distributional impacts of the 2008 global food price spike in Vietnam / Andy McKay and Finn Tarp
  • Independence or influence: trade-offs in development policy research / Roger Slade and Mitch Renkow
  • Who makes global food policy? / Robert Paarlberg
  • The implications of a changing climate on global nutrition security / Andrew D. Jones and Sivan Yosef.

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