Leathers, Howard D. <br/><br/>
The world food problem :  toward ending undernutrition in the Third World / 
Howard D. Leathers, Phillips Foster 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Boulder :  Lynne Rienner Publishers,  2009 
 - xiv, 433 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Foster's name appears first on first and second editions 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Famines -- Malnutrition defined -- Measuring undernutrition -- Impacts of undernutrition -- Undernutrition: who, when, where? -- Economics : supply and demand -- It's not food vs. population -- Income distribution and undernutrition -- Other factors influencing demand for food -- Agricultural land and water -- Agricultural production and the environment -- Increasing yields through input intensity -- Increasing yields through new technology -- The interaction between undernutrition and health -- Philosophical approaches to undernutrition -- Policies that raise the incomes of the poor -- Policies that address the demographic causes of undernutrition -- Policies that reduce the price of food through subsidized consumption -- Policies that improve access to food : it's all about distribution (isn't it?) -- Policies that raise prices paid to farmers : direct subsidies and elimination of urban bias -- Policies that reduce the price of food by increasing supply -- World food supply and demand for the next half century: alternative scenarios 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781588266385 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1588266389 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Food supply--Developing countries<br/>Poor--Nutrition--Developing countries<br/>Malnutrition--Developing countries<br/>Food supply--Government policy--Developing countries<br/>Nutrition policy--Developing countries<br/>Food supply--International cooperation--Developing countries