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The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen
| The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Pinstrup-AndersenPer |
| Collana | United Nations University |
| 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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6229-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457149503321 |
| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen
| The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Pinstrup-AndersenPer |
| Collana | United Nations University |
| 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 |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6229-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781353103321 |
| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen
| The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Pinstrup-AndersenPer |
| Collana | United Nations University |
| 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 |
| ISBN | 0-8014-6229-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819485803321 |
| Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and food security : Africa and the Caribbean / / edited by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
| Climate change and food security : Africa and the Caribbean / / edited by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.1967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Thomas-HopeElizabeth M |
| Collana | Routledge advances in climate change research |
| Soggetto topico |
Food security - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food security - Caribbean Area Food industry and trade - Africa, Sub-Saharan Food industry and trade - Caribbean Area Climatic changes - Social aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Climatic changes - Social aspects - Caribbean Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-46973-1
1-315-46971-5 1-315-46972-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope -- Introduction: The interface of climate change and food security / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope -- ; Part I: Trends in climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean -- Trends in climate change in Africa / Walter Leal Filho, Isaac Kow Tetteh, Haruna Moda Musa -- Climate change and the Caribbean: trends and implications / Michael A. Taylor, Jhordanne J. Jones and Tannecia S. Stephenson -- ; Part II: Rural livelihoods and adaptive responses to climate change -- Assessing the vulnerability of Caribbean farmers to climate change impacts: a comparative study of cocoa farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad / Kevon Rhiney, Anton Eitzinger, Aidan Farrell, Michael Taylor -- Liquid gold or poverty in a cup? The vulnerability of Blue Mountain and High Mountain coffee farmers in Jamaica to the effects of climate change / Anne-Teresa Birthwright -- Climate change adaptations by smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria to enhance food security / Adamu Idris Tanko -- Small-holder adaptations to climate change: dynamics, constraints and priorities of coastal Guyana / Linda Johnson-Bhola -- Perceptions of changing climatic conditions in rural Kano, Nigeria: effects on harvests and farmers' adaptive coping strategies / Halima Abdulkadir Idris -- Perceptions and attitudes towards climate change: strategies for food security among female farmers in rural Jamaica / Ayesha Constable -- Flirting with food security: resilience in the face of conflict, climate change and communicable diseases in rural Sierra Leone / Jerram Bateman, Tony Binns, Etienne Nel -- ; Part III: Urban food systems and governance in the context of climate change -- Climate change, food and the city: agency and urban scale food system networks / Gareth Haysom -- Urban food deserts in Cape Town: food security, food access and climate change / Mary Caesar, Jonathan Crush -- Food insecurity in the context of climate change in Maputo City, Mozambique: challenges and coping strategies / Inês M. Raimundo -- ; Part IV: Strengthening resilience for enhancing food security in the context of climate change -- Global biomass rush: land grabbing, food security and socio-political stability of Sub-Saharan Africa / Akunne Okoli -- Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as a climate change adaptation strategy in Burkina Faso and Mali / Kennedy Muthee, Cheikh Mbow, Geoffrey Macharia, Walter Leal Filho -- Micro-insurance in disaster risk reduction: a strategy for enhancing domestic food security in CARICOM countries / Balfour Spence. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155122303321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technology and innovation report / / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
| Technology and innovation report / / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : United Nations, , 2010- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 605 |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Developing countries
Agricultural innovations - Africa, Sub-Saharan Food security - Africa, Sub-Saharan Agriculture - Innovations - Afrique subsaharienne Sécurité alimentaire - Afrique subsaharienne Agricultural innovations Food security Technological innovations |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
serials (publications)
Serial publications. Periodicals. Publications en série |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910891397103321 |
| New York : , : United Nations, , 2010- | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities - (Open Access) / / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson
| Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities - (Open Access) / / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson |
| Autore | Battersby Jane |
| Edizione | [1st edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 338.1967 |
| Collana | Routledge studies in food, society and the environment |
| Soggetto topico |
Food security - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food supply - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan Poverty - Africa, Sub-Saharan Urbanization - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-351-75134-4
1-315-19119-9 |
| Classificazione | SOC026030 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword by --Carole Rakodi -- Introduction -- PART I: URBANIZATION, POVERTY, FOOD AND MEASUREMENT -- 1. African urbanization and poverty --Muna Shifa and Jackie Borel-Saladin -- --2. Rural bias and urban food security -- Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley -- --3. Linking urban food security, urban food systems, poverty and urbanization --Jane Battersby and Gareth Haysom -- --4. Understanding and addressing poverty, labour force and urbanization data gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa --Jackie Borel-Saladin, Muna Shifa and Ann Donald -- --PART II: URBAN FOOD GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING -- --5. Historical Urban Food Governance in Africa: The Case of Kenya, c. 1900 to 1950 --James Duminy -- --6. Urban food governance and planning in Africa --Warren Smit -- --7. Contributing and yet excluded? Informal food retail in African cities --Caroline Skinner -- 8. Planning and Governance of Food Systems in Kisumu, Kenya --Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Fredrick Omondi Owino, and Frankline Awuor Otiende -- --9. Planning and Governance of Food Systems in Kitwe, Zambia: a case study of food retail space -- Jane Battersby and Francis Muwowo -- --10. Governance of Food Systems in Epworth, Zimbabwe -- Easther Chigumira, Godfrey Tawodzera, Oliver Manjengwa, and Idah Mbengo -- --11. Urban food production in Harare, Zimbabwe -- Percy Toriro -- --PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS -- --12. Food value chains in Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth: Environmental and Social Hotspots --Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz -- --13. The characteristics of the urban food system in Kisumu, Kenya --Paul Opiyo and Harun Ogindo -- --14. The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: A focus on the retail sector --Issahaka Fuseini, Jane Battersby, and Niraj Jain -- --15. The characteristics of the urban food system in Epworth, Zimbabwe --Godfrey Tawodzera, Easther Chigumira, Idah Mbengo and Samuel Kusangaya -- --PART IV: THE STATE OF URBAN FOOD POVERTY AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE FOOD SYSTEM -- --16. Food poverty in Kisumu, Kenya --George Godwin Wagah, Nelson Obange, and Harun Ogindo -- --17. Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia --Issahaka Fuseini and Owen Sichone -- --18. Food poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe --Godfrey Tawodzera and Easther Chigumira. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910282226203321 |
Battersby Jane
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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