The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition. The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies. - Sahn, David E. (ed.).
The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies
KORTE INHOUD
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 to scientific and policy challenges for alleviating hunger and malnutrition in an era where technological change, markets, patterns of governance, and social programs have an increasingly global dimension. The contours ofagricultural, food, and nutrition policy have been redrawn by a range of factors, including the unfettered reach of multinational corporations, emerging technologies such as genetically modified foods, andthe new competition between the food and energy sectors for agricultural output. More emphasis on evidence-based policymaking is raising the standard of proof for evaluating the impact of social programs and targeted interventions. Overlaying all these challenges are domestic and international political and social constraints that need to be addressed whe...
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2015Uitgever: Oxford, Univeristy Press, 2015.528 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0198733208ISBN-13: 9780198733201Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original hardcover, dustjacket. 528 pages. Figures and Tables ; 24x16 cm. Text in English - Very good, as new. See picture. Text on d.j.:'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 pr...
