The Sixth World Food Survey, 1996

The Sixth World Food Survey, 1996
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1996
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789251038376

This survey contains some new features which set it apart from its predecessors. Firstly, China and those other countries formerly known as Asian centrally-planned economies, which were previously excluded in the traditional estimates of the prevalence of food inadequacy or undernutrition, are now included. Secondly, the method of estimation has been refined. The coverage of anthropometric indicators, which provide information on the nutritional status of subgroups such as children, adolescents and adults, has also been expanded. The main conclusion of the survey is that in developing countries as a whole, per caput dietary energy has continued to increase. Although 20 per cent of the total population had inadequate access to food in 1990-92, this is compared with 35 per cent two decades previously.

A World Without Walls

A World Without Walls
Author: Mike Moore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2003-01-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521827010

Mike Moore's insight as Director-General of the World Trade Organization contributes to the globalization debate.

Food Security and Nutrition

Food Security and Nutrition
Author: Uwe Kracht
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9783825831660

The persistence of an unacceptably high level of hunger and malnutrition worldwide presents a serious challenge to the world on the threshold of the third millenium. Although enough food is produced to feed mankind, about 840 million people go hungry; among them are 185 million pre-school children that are severely underweight for their age. Since an additional 80 million people have to be fed each year, achieving food security is a central global challenge, if not the most important development issue. The aim of the reader is to analyze actual problems in the field of food security and nutrition and to discuss present and future strategies to overcome hunger. Food security is a complex subject. In order to master this complexity, we distinguish between four dimensions of analyses: Theoretical-analytical, empirical-descriptive, normative-political, institutional. (Series: Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungsländern/Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Politics in Developing Countries - Vol. 50)

The Wellbeing of Nations

The Wellbeing of Nations
Author:
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 374
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781597263504

Produced in collaboration with the leading international organizations involved with sustainable development, this work is a reference for development and environmental policy professionals, as well as for students and scholars in environmental studies and international studies.

Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime

Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime
Author: C. Ford Runge
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2003-07-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0801877261

At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our lifetime. They first distill what is already known about fighting hunger and then report on important new research findings and projections that show it can be done, through new and renewed institutions, scientific innovation, global economics and investment, and sustainable environmental practices. Although the book encompasses a wide array of ideas, arguments, facts, and figures, it is not a dry, academic text. Anyone wanting a better understanding of poverty and hunger and how to end it will benefit from reading it.

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World
Author: Rattan Lal
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420032216

Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress? Can increases in food production achieved in the past two decades be sustained in the next two decades? Can developing countries achieve freedom from hunger and malnutrition

World Hunger

World Hunger
Author: Joseph Collins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134183429

The revised edition of this text includes substantial new material on hunger in the aftermath of the Cold War; global food productioin versus population growth; changing demographics and falling birth rates around the world; the shifting focus of foreign assistance in the new world order; structural adjustment and other budget-slashing policies; trade liberalization and free trade agreements; famine and humanitarian interventions; and the thrid worldization of developed nations.