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Leathers Howard D

The world food problem: Tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third world - 3rd Ed. - New Delhi Viva Books Private Limited 2005 - 446p.

ISBN: 81-309-0082-3

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Food supply
Government policy
International cooperation
Malnutrition
Nutrition policy
Agricultural production
Under nutritions
Malnutrition : Famines, undernutrition, impact of undernutrition
Causes of undernutrition : Economics- supply and demand, food security, food v/s population, other facts influencing demand for food, agricultural land and water, agricultural production and environment, increasing yield, health related causes of undernutrition
Policy approaches to undernutrition : Philosophical approaches to undernutrition, policies aimed at health related causes of undernutrition, raising income of the poor, demographic causes of undernutrition, lowering price of food through subsidized consumption, improving access to food, policies that raise prices to farmers- direct subsidies and eliminating urban bias, policies aimed at lowering price of food by increasing supply, world food supply and demand for next half century

Dewey Class. No.: 363.8 / LEA/W