LEADER 05832oam 2200769I 450 001 9910450367103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-55049-6 010 $a1-280-47630-3 010 $a9786610476305 010 $a1-84977-351-3 010 $a600-00-0094-4 010 $a1-4237-0872-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849773515 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242786 035 $a(EBL)430201 035 $a(OCoLC)60696064 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158972 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10161886 035 $a(PQKB)10861714 035 $a(OCoLC)647502184 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430201 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430201 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128959 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47630 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242786 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHalving hunger $eit can be done /$fClead authors, Pedro Sanchez, coordinator. [and others] ; UN Millennium Project, Task Force on Hunger 210 1$aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. :$cEarthscan,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $a"Achieving the Millennium Development Goals"--Cover. 300 $aSponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group. 311 $a1-138-47190-9 311 $a1-84407-220-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-245). 327 $aHalving hunger: it can be done; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Task force members; Preface; The Task Force on Hunger's methodology; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Chapter 1. The imperatives for reducing hunger; Defining hunger; Determinants of hunger; The social and economic costs of hunger; Moral and legal foundations for eradicating hunger; Chapter 2. Who is on track or off track to meet the hunger Goal?; Hunger hotspots-measuring underweight at the subnational level 327 $aHunger indicator 1-percentage of the population below the minimum level of dietary energy consumptionHunger indicator 2-the prevalence of underweight children under five years of age; Underweight children in Africa; Underweight children in Asia; Underweight children in Central Asia and Europe; Underweight children in Latin America and the Caribbean; A global view of the prevalence and density of underweight children; Chapter 3. A strategic approach for halving hunger; Forging a global partnership; Promoting good governance; Mainstreaming gender equality; Adopting a people-centered approach 327 $aInvesting in science and technologyVulnerability analysis-a tool for setting priorities; The seven recommendations; Chapter 4. Move from political commitment to action [Recommendation one]; Background; Advocate political action to meet intergovernmental agreements; Strengthen the contributions of donor countries and national governments to activities that combat hunger; Improve public awareness of hunger issues and strengthen advocacy organizations; Strengthen developing country advocacy organizations that deal with poverty and hunger 327 $aStrengthen accurate data collection, monitoring, and evaluationActions needed to implement recommendation one; Chapter 5. Reform policies and create an enabling environment [Recommendation two]; Background; Promote an integrated policy approach to hunger reduction; Restore the budgetary priority of the agricultural and rural sectors; Build developing country capacity to achieve the hunger Goal; Link nutritional and agricultural interventions; Increase poor people's access to land and other productive resources; Empower women and girls; Strengthen agricultural and nutrition research 327 $aRemove internal and regional barriers to agricultural tradeIncrease the effectiveness of donor agencies' hunger-related programming; Create vibrant partnerships to ensure effective policy implementation; Actions needed to implement recommendation two; Chapter 6. Increase the agricultural productivity of food-insecure farmers [Recommendation three]; Background; Improve soil health; Improve and expand small-scale water management; Improve access to better seeds and other planting materials; Diversify on-farm enterprises with high-value products 327 $aEstablish effective agricultural extension services 330 $aThe Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015?income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter?while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold goals can be met in all parts of the world if nations follow through on their commitments to work together to meet them. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals offers the prospect of a more secure, just, and prosperous world for all. 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