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Food and development / / E.M. Young



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Autore: Young E. M (Elizabeth M.) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Food and development / / E.M. Young Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: xix, 409 p. : ill
Disciplina: 338.1/9
Soggetto topico: Food supply
Food
Economic development
Classificazione: SCI030000SOC015000SOC042000
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction : food, politics and power -- 2. The contemporary nature and geography of malnutrition -- 3. Theoretical perspectives : understanding the patterns -- 4. Globalization, development and malnutrition -- 5. National perspectives -- 6. Sub-national perspectives -- 7. Gender and nutrition : the female case -- 8. Conflict and hunger -- 9. Alternative visions.
Sommario/riassunto: "The relationship between food and development has always been controversial. Over the last 30 years, development in the north and south has failed to deliver people a decent diet. While some people have too little food and die as a consequence; some people have too much food and die from associated diseases. Furthermore, some methods of food production create social dislocation and deadly environments where biodiversity is eroded and pollution is rampant. While guaranteeing enough food for the world's inhabitants continues to be a serious challenge, new issues about food have emerged.Food and Development is a lively and lucidly written text which provides a clear and accessible introduction to these complex and diverse food related problems. It explores the continued prevalence of mass under nutrition in the developing world; acute food crises in some places associated with conflict; the emergence of over nutrition in the developing world and the vulnerability of the contemporary global food production system. The text identifies the major problems and analyses factors at the international, national and local scales to understand their continued prevalence. The book concludes by evaluating the potential of some oppositional forces to challenge the hegemony of the contemporary food system.This timely and original text will be invaluable to undergraduates interested in the challenges surrounding food and development. The text is richly filled with case studies from the global north and south to illustrate the nature and extent of these urgent issues and their interrelated nature. Each chapter contains a range of features to assist undergraduate learning, including: learning objective, key concepts, summaries, discussion questions, further reading and websites, and follow up activities"--
Titolo autorizzato: Food and development  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-99940-6
1-280-66539-4
9786613642325
1-135-99941-4
0-203-87748-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790230803321
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Serie: Routledge perspectives on development.