The African Food System and Its Interactions with Human Health and Nutrition /

Hunger, malnutrition, poor health, and deficient food systems are widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. While much is known about African food systems and about African health and nutrition, our understanding of the interaction between food systems and health and nutrition is deficient. Moreover, the po...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: United Nations University
Otros Autores: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public health.
Nutrition.
Food supply.
Food security.
Food industry and trade > Health aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Sante publique > Afrique subsaharienne.
Securite alimentaire > Afrique subsaharienne.
Nutrition > Afrique subsaharienne.
Public health > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Food security > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Food industry and trade > Health aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Agricultural systems > Health aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Nutrition > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Food supply > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The African food system and human health and nutrition : a conceptual and empirical overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen
  • The nutrition situation in Sub-Saharan Africa / Derrill D. Watson and Per Pinstrup-Andersen
  • Disease burdens of Sub-Saharan Africa and their interactions with malnutrition / Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi
  • Animals as a source of human diseases : historical perspective and future health risks for the African population / E. Fuller Torrey
  • How AIDS epidemics interact with African food systems and how to improve the response / Stuart Gillespie
  • Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa : pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures / Rebecca Nelson
  • Nutrition and the environment : fundamental to food security in Africa / Anna Herforth
  • Food safety as a bridge between the food system and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorothy Nakimbugwe and Kathryn J. Boor
  • Population dynamics and future food requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa / Barbara Boyle Torrey
  • Income and food transfers to improve human health and nutrition / Harold Alderman
  • The impact of poor health and nutrition on labor productivity, poverty, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / David E. Sahn
  • Food systems and the escape from poverty and ill-health traps in Sub-Saharan Africa / Christopher B. Barrett
  • Strengthening the role of women in the food systems of Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve nutrition and health goals / Laura K. Cramer and Speciosa Wandira
  • Bridging the gap : linking agriculture and health to achieve the millennium development goals / Joachim von Braun, Marie T. Ruel, and Stuart Gillespie.

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