The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen

• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/967
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: Pinstrup-AndersenPer
• Note generali: "Published in cooperation with the United Nations University."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition
• ISBN: 0-8014-6229-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819485803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: United Nations University