Food Security in the Developing World

Food Security in the Developing World

by Ashley, John Michael

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Food Security in the Developing World.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2016.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780128017791, 0128017791
  • oclc:on1097146759
  • LC Classification:HD9018.D44
  • Dewey Decimal:338.1/91724

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Food Security in the Developing World -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Epilogue: A Rude Awakening -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General Scope of the Subject -- 1.1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.2 The Multiple Dimensions of Food Security -- 1.1.3 The Causes of Undernutrition -- 1.1.4 Measurement of Food Insecurity -- 1.2 Worldwide Distribution of Food Insecurity -- 1.3 Number of Food-Insecure People -- 1.4 Short-Term Food Insecurity Compared With Long-Term Structural Food Insecurity -- 1.5 Flashpoint Grain Deficit Areas Compared With Traditional Grain Surplus Areas -- 1.6 Food as a Rights Issue -- 1.7 Investment as the Apex Solution to Food Insecurity -- 1.8 UN Organizations Which Directly Address Food and Nutrition Security -- 1.9 History of Feeding the World From 1945 -- References -- 2 Manifestations and Measurement of Food Insecurity -- 2.1 Concepts of Hunger, Undernutrition, Food Security and Nutrition Security -- 2.1.1 Hunger -- 2.1.2 Undernutrition -- 2.1.3 Food Insecurity and Nutrition Insecurity -- 2.2 Nutrient Deficiency Diseases -- 2.2.1 Protein-Calorie Undernutrition -- 2.2.1.1 Objective Measurements of P…

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