| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 493 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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 a new era where technological change, markets, patterns of governance, and social programs have an increasingly global dimension. More specifically, this book addresses a range of considerations including the role of small farmers in a world where the global reach of multinational corporations have enormous control from the farm to local markets and the grocery store; misgivings and misperceptions about genetically modified foods; the increasing competition of food and energy sectors for agricultural output; the importance of micronutrient deficiencies and chronic disease related to obesity, which often coexists in the same communities as hunger; and issues of sustainability of the food and agricultural system in an period when there is increasing concerns over global warming and environmental degradation. Currently there is also more emphasis on evidence-based policymaking, which has raised the standard of proof for evaluating the impact of micro-level interventions that have traditionally been so widely embraced and are now under increased scrutiny. It is in this context that this book provides practical advice on programs that can effectively target those at greatest risk of malnutrition and guidance on policies to promote a healthy and sustainable food and agricultural system. Overlaying all of these challenges is the book's emphasis on both identifying data and information needs for decision-making, and practical considerations for better understanding the domestic and international political and social constraints that need to be addressed when trying to translate scientific knowledge and information into practice."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
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 -- Micronutrient deficiencies challenge in African food systems / Christopher B. Barrett and Leah E.M. Bevis -- 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 -- 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 -- Implications of a changing climate on global nutrition security / Andrew D. Jones and Sivan Yosef. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nutrition policy.
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Nutrition policy. |
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Starvation.
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Starvation. |
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Malnutrition.
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Malnutrition. |
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Food supply -- Government policy.
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Food supply -- Government policy. |
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Food supply. |
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Food industry and trade -- Technological innovations.
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Food industry and trade -- Technological innovations. |
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Food industry and trade. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sahn, David E., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780198733201 (DLC) 2015933186 (OCoLC)913787594 |
| ISBN |
9780191797767 (electronic book) |
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0191797766 (electronic book) |
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9780191047886 (electronic book) |
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0191047880 (electronic book) |
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9780198733201 (hardback) |
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0198733208 (hardback) |
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