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Mitigating the nutritional impacts of the global food price crisis : workshop summary /
In 2007 and 2008, the world witnessed a dramatic increase in food prices. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 compounded the burden of high food prices, exacerbating the problems of hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. The tandem food price and economic crises struck amidst th...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The dual crises : tandem threats to nutrition
- Impacts on nutrition
- Responding to the crises at the country level
- A role for nutrition surveillance in addressing the global food crisis
- The global response to the crises
- U.S. policy in food and nutrition.