Subject(s): Agriculture in Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Food supply in International cooperation -- Poverty -- Sustainable agriculture -- Economic history -- Dimensions of world food and development problems : poverty, hunger, malnutrition, economics of food demand, population -- Development theories and the role of agriculture : Economic transformation and growth, development theory and growth strategies -- Agricultural system and resources use : traditional societies, resource use and sustainability, human resource, family structure and gender roles -- Getting agriculture moving : Research and development, land and labour market, input and credit markets, pricing polices and marketing system -- Agricultural development in an interdependent world : international trade, trade policies, macroeconomic polices and agricultural development, capital flows, foreign assistance, food aid