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Titolo |
The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen |
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Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Collana |
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United Nations University |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Nutrition - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Agricultural systems - Health aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Food industry and trade - Health aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Food security - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Public health - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Published in cooperation with the United Nations University." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The African food system and human health and nutrition : a conceptual and empirical overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- The nutrition situation in Sub-Saharan Africa / Derrill D. Watson and Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- Disease burdens of Sub-Saharan Africa and their interactions with malnutrition / Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi -- Animals as a source of human diseases : historical perspective and future health risks for the African population / E. Fuller Torrey -- How AIDS epidemics interact with African food systems and how to improve the response / Stuart Gillespie -- Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa : pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures / Rebecca Nelson -- Nutrition and the environment : fundamental to food security in Africa / Anna Herforth -- Food safety as a bridge between the food system and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorothy Nakimbugwe and Kathryn J. Boor -- Population dynamics and future food requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa / Barbara Boyle Torrey -- Income and food transfers to improve human health and nutrition / Harold Alderman -- The impact of poor health and nutrition on labor productivity, poverty, and economic growth in |
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Sub-Saharan Africa / David E. Sahn -- Food systems and the escape from poverty and ill-health traps in Sub-Saharan Africa / Christopher B. Barrett -- Strengthening the role of women in the food systems of Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve nutrition and health goals / Laura K. Cramer and Speciosa Wandira -- Bridging the gap : linking agriculture and health to achieve the millennium development goals / Joachim von Braun, Marie T. Ruel, and Stuart Gillespie. |
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