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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785011403321

Titolo

Mitigating the nutritional impacts of the global food price crisis [[electronic resource] ] : workshop summary / / Elizabeth Haytmanek and Katherine McClure, rapporteurs ; Board on Global Health, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

0-309-15195-3

1-282-55460-3

9786612554605

0-309-14019-6

Descrizione fisica

xi, 188 p. : col. ill

Altri autori (Persone)

HaytmanekElizabeth

McClureKatherine

Soggetti

Food industry and trade - Government policy

Food prices - Government policy

Food supply - Government policy

Food supply - Economic aspects

Food - Economic aspects

Nutrition - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The dual crises : tandem threats to nutrition -- Impacts on nutrition -- Responding to the crises at the country level -- A role for nutrition surveillance in addressing the global food crisis -- The global response to the crises -- U.S. policy in food and nutrition.