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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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African smallholders [[electronic resource] ] : food crops, markets and policy / / edited by Göran Djurfeldt, Ernest Aryeetey and Aida C. Isinika |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.10967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DjurfeldtGöran <1945->
AryeeteyErnest <1955-> IsinikaAida C. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan Agricultural development projects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN |
1-282-98702-X
9786612987021 1-84593-717-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | African agriculture: from crisis to development? / Hans Holmen and Goran Hyden -- The millennium goals, the state and macro level performance: an overview / Hans Holmen -- Smallholders caught in poverty: flickering signs of agricultural dynamism / Magnus Jirstrom, Agnes Andersson and Goran Djurfeldt -- A new era for Sub-Saharan African agriculture? Changing drivers of maize production / Agnes Andersson ... [et al.] -- Maize remittances, market participation and consumption among smallholders in Africa / Agnes Andersson -- Meeting the financial needs of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia / Wolday Amha -- Agricultural diversification, food self sufficiency and food security in Ghana: the role of infrastructure and institutions / Fred M. Dzanku and Daniel Sarpong -- Conditions for achieving sustained agricultural intensification in Africa: evidence from Kenya / Stephen k. Wambugu, Joseph T. Karugia and Willis Oluoch-Kosura -- The fertilizer support programme and the millennium development challenge in Zambia: is government a problem solution? / Hyde Haantuba, Mukata Wamulume and Richard Bwalya -- Has the Nigerian green revolution veered off track? / Tunji Akande ... [et al.] -- Addressing food self sufficiency in Tanzania: a balancing act of policy coordination / Aida C. Isinika and Elibariki E. Msuya -- Focusing on the majority: rethinking agricultural development in Mozambique / Peter E. Coughlin -- Conclusions: What direction for the future of African agriculture / Ernest Aryeetey, Goran Djurfeldt and Aida C. Isinika. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446350703321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011 | ||
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African urban harvest : agriculture in the cities of Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda / / Gordon Prain, Nancy Karanja, Diana Lee-Smith, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2010.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.87096091732 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrainGordon
Lee-SmithDiana KaranjaNancy |
Soggetto topico |
Urban agriculture - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN |
1-282-95346-X
9786612953460 1-4419-6250-6 1-55250-492-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Cameroon -- pt. 2. Uganda -- pt. 3. Kenya -- pt. 4. Urban agriculture and institutional change. |
Altri titoli varianti | Agriculture in the cities of Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141048003321 |
New York, : Springer | ||
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Executive overview of food security threats in sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.], : [FEWS NET] |
Descrizione fisica | volumes : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Famines - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Executive overview of food security in sub-Saharan Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910696580403321 |
[Washington, D.C.], : [FEWS NET] | ||
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The food and financial crises in Sub-Saharan Africa : origins, impacts and policy implications / / David R. Lee, Muna Ndulo |
Autore | Lee David R (David Robinson), <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.80967 |
Altri autori (Persone) | NduloMuna |
Soggetto topico |
Financial crises - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food prices - Africa, Sub-Saharan Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN |
1-283-42586-6
9786613425867 1-84593-914-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Tables; Figures; Contributors; Preface; 1. Africa's Dual Crises: The Food and Financial Crises and their Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa-Introduction and Overview; 2. The Global Food and Financial Crises and the Poor in Africa; 3. Food Prices and Economic Crises: Causes and Consequences for Food Security in Developing Countries; 4. Future Challenges for the World Food Economy and Sub-Saharan Africa: Major Environmental and Socioeconomic Drivers of Change; 5. Here We Go Again: The Abiding Structure of Financial Crisis-and What To Do about It
6. The Food and Financial Crises and Complex Derivatives: A Tale of High Stakes Innovation and Diversification7. Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa; 8. Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive for Urban Consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia; 9. The Short-term Impact of the 2008 Food Price Shock on Poverty in Uganda; 10. The Likely Impact of Food Price Increases on Nutritionally Vulnerable Households in South Africa 11. Africa's Turnaround: From Crisis to Opportunity in African Agriculture12. The Role of Public Policies and Policy Makers in Africa: Responding to Global Economic Crises; 13. Lessons of the Food and Financial Crises: Renewing Sub-Saharan Africa's Commitment to Food Security and Economic Growth; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627299903321 |
Lee David R (David Robinson), <1950->
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2011 | ||
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Food insecurity persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite efforts to halve hunger by 2015 [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Melito Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 18 pages : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food supply - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | International food insecurity |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698537803321 |
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Washington, DC : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008] | ||
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Food security in Africa : the impact of agricultural development : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, on H.R. 2003, July 18, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 61 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food relief, American - Africa, Sub-Saharan Agricultural productivity - Africa, Sub-Saharan Agricultural development projects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Soggetto non controllato |
Food supply
Food relief Agricultural development projects Agriculture Social science Political science Technology & engineering |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Food Security in Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694323703321 |
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Food supply situation and crop prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa / / GIEWS, Global Information and Early Warning System |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rome, : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Global Information and Early Warning System, Commodities and Trade Division |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Crops - Africa, Sub-Saharan Agriculture - Economic aspects Crops Food supply |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Internet resource
Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti |
Africa report
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture GIEWS special Africa report FAO/GIEWS special Africa report FAO/GIEWS Africa report |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144354903321 |
Rome, : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Global Information and Early Warning System, Commodities and Trade Division | ||
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