"Every five to seven years, Congress passes a little understood legislation called the Farm Bill. To a large extent, the Farm Bill writes the rules and sets the playing field for America's contemporary food system, determining what we eat, how much it costs, and where it is grow…
Every five years, the US Congress passes a little understood legislation called the Farm Bill. With the legislation due to be reauthorized in late 2012, this title offers a critical resource that can help readers deconstruct this challenging bill, organize in their communities t…
Abstract: A reference text for nutritionists, clinicians, and policy makers compiles the works and thoughts of laboratory scientists, medical professionals, economists, and nutrition education specialists in 33 authoritative papers concerned with the development and implementati…
« Food Security, Poverty and Nutrition Analysis provides essential insights into the evaluative techniques necessary for creating appropriate and effective policies and programs to address these worldwide issues. Food scientists and nutritionists will use this important informat…
'Food Security, Poverty and Nutrition Analysis' provides essential insights into the evaluative techniques necessary for creating appropriate and effective policies and programs to address these worldwide issues. Updated to address the latest datasets and tools, including STATA …
Section I: Food security policy analysis -- 1. Introduction to food security: concepts and measurement -- 2. Implications of technological change, post-harvest technology and technology adoption for improved food security - application of t- Statistic -- 3. Effects of commercial…
Food is a universal basic need. The diverse ways in which people and households try to meet this need, the constraints they are up against in doing so, and the strategies they develop to reduce their vulnerability to food insecurity form the core of this book. A large range of f…