The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition: The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies
Herausgegeben von Sahn, David E.
The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition: The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies
Herausgegeben von Sahn, David E.
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Details strategies and practical approaches designed to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in a new era where technological change, markets, patterns of governance, and social programs have an increasingly global dimension.
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Details strategies and practical approaches designed to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in a new era where technological change, markets, patterns of governance, and social programs have an increasingly global dimension.
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- Verlag: Oxford University Press; Oup Oxford
- Seitenzahl: 384
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 36mm
- Gewicht: 915g
- ISBN-13: 9780198733201
- ISBN-10: 0198733208
- Artikelnr.: 42363696
- Verlag: Oxford University Press; Oup Oxford
- Seitenzahl: 384
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 36mm
- Gewicht: 915g
- ISBN-13: 9780198733201
- ISBN-10: 0198733208
- Artikelnr.: 42363696
David E. Sahn is an International Professor of Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Economics at Cornell University. He has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan. His main academic interest is in identifying the solutions to poverty, malnutrition, and disease in developing countries, as well as the determinants of human capital and the role of education and skills in labor market and other social and demographic outcomes. In addition to teaching and mentoring of graduate students, he devotes considerable efforts to training and capacity building of research institutions in Africa and working with government officials and international organizations to integrate research findings into policy.
* Preface
* Introduction
* Part I: Nutrition Policy and Program
* 1: Jef L. Leroy, Marie Ruel, Jean-Pierre Habicht, and Edward A
Frongillo: Using Height-For-Age Difference instead of Height-For-Age
Z-Scores for the Meaningful Measurement of Catch-up Growth in
Children Less Than 5 years of Age
* 2: Harold Alderman: Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition
Sensitive?
* 3: Christopher B. Barrett and Leah E. M. Bevis: The Micronutrient
Deficiencies Challenge in African Food Systems
* 4: Malden C. Nesheim and Marion Nestle: The Internationalization of
the Obesity Epidemic: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Sodas
* 5: Suresh Chandra Babu: Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Lessons from
food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems During Food Crises
* 6: Anna Herforth: Access to Adequate Nutritious Food: New Indicators
to Track Progress and Inform Action
* Part II: Agricultural Development and Research and Technology Policy
* 7: Prabhu Pingali, Katie Ricketts, and David E. Sahn: Agriculture For
Nutrition: Getting Policies Right
* 8: Peter Hazell: Is Small Farm Led Development Still a Relevant
Strategy for Africa and Asia?
* 9: Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey: Agricultural RandD, Food
Prices, Poverty, and Malnutrition redux
* 10: Joachim von Braun: Bioeconomy: Science and Technology Policy to
Harmonize Biologization of Economies with Food Security
* 11: Tina Andersen Huey: Global and Local Food Systems in the GM
Labeling Campaign
* 12: Barbara Boyle Torrey and E. Fuller Torrey: Population Increases
and Agricultural Productivity
* Part III: Globalization and Political Economy
* 13: Shenggen Fan, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, and Sinafikeh Gemessa: Ending
Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: Accelerating the Pace
* 14: Erik Thorbecke: The Present Pattern of Growth, Inequality, and
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
* 15: Marygold Walsh-Dilley and Wendy Wolford: Social Mobilization and
Food Security: The Contribution of Organized Civil Society to Hunger
Reduction Policies in Latin America
* 16: Andy McKay and Finn Tarp: Distributional Impacts of the 2008
Global Food Price Spike in Vietnam
* 17: Roger Slade and Mitch Renkow: Independence Or Influence:
Tradeoffs in Development Policy Research
* 18: Robert Paarlberg: Who Makes Global Food Policy?
* 19: Andrew D. Jones and Sivan Yosef: The Implications of a Changing
Climate on Global Nutrition Security
* Introduction
* Part I: Nutrition Policy and Program
* 1: Jef L. Leroy, Marie Ruel, Jean-Pierre Habicht, and Edward A
Frongillo: Using Height-For-Age Difference instead of Height-For-Age
Z-Scores for the Meaningful Measurement of Catch-up Growth in
Children Less Than 5 years of Age
* 2: Harold Alderman: Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition
Sensitive?
* 3: Christopher B. Barrett and Leah E. M. Bevis: The Micronutrient
Deficiencies Challenge in African Food Systems
* 4: Malden C. Nesheim and Marion Nestle: The Internationalization of
the Obesity Epidemic: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Sodas
* 5: Suresh Chandra Babu: Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Lessons from
food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems During Food Crises
* 6: Anna Herforth: Access to Adequate Nutritious Food: New Indicators
to Track Progress and Inform Action
* Part II: Agricultural Development and Research and Technology Policy
* 7: Prabhu Pingali, Katie Ricketts, and David E. Sahn: Agriculture For
Nutrition: Getting Policies Right
* 8: Peter Hazell: Is Small Farm Led Development Still a Relevant
Strategy for Africa and Asia?
* 9: Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey: Agricultural RandD, Food
Prices, Poverty, and Malnutrition redux
* 10: Joachim von Braun: Bioeconomy: Science and Technology Policy to
Harmonize Biologization of Economies with Food Security
* 11: Tina Andersen Huey: Global and Local Food Systems in the GM
Labeling Campaign
* 12: Barbara Boyle Torrey and E. Fuller Torrey: Population Increases
and Agricultural Productivity
* Part III: Globalization and Political Economy
* 13: Shenggen Fan, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, and Sinafikeh Gemessa: Ending
Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: Accelerating the Pace
* 14: Erik Thorbecke: The Present Pattern of Growth, Inequality, and
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
* 15: Marygold Walsh-Dilley and Wendy Wolford: Social Mobilization and
Food Security: The Contribution of Organized Civil Society to Hunger
Reduction Policies in Latin America
* 16: Andy McKay and Finn Tarp: Distributional Impacts of the 2008
Global Food Price Spike in Vietnam
* 17: Roger Slade and Mitch Renkow: Independence Or Influence:
Tradeoffs in Development Policy Research
* 18: Robert Paarlberg: Who Makes Global Food Policy?
* 19: Andrew D. Jones and Sivan Yosef: The Implications of a Changing
Climate on Global Nutrition Security
* Preface
* Introduction
* Part I: Nutrition Policy and Program
* 1: Jef L. Leroy, Marie Ruel, Jean-Pierre Habicht, and Edward A
Frongillo: Using Height-For-Age Difference instead of Height-For-Age
Z-Scores for the Meaningful Measurement of Catch-up Growth in
Children Less Than 5 years of Age
* 2: Harold Alderman: Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition
Sensitive?
* 3: Christopher B. Barrett and Leah E. M. Bevis: The Micronutrient
Deficiencies Challenge in African Food Systems
* 4: Malden C. Nesheim and Marion Nestle: The Internationalization of
the Obesity Epidemic: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Sodas
* 5: Suresh Chandra Babu: Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Lessons from
food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems During Food Crises
* 6: Anna Herforth: Access to Adequate Nutritious Food: New Indicators
to Track Progress and Inform Action
* Part II: Agricultural Development and Research and Technology Policy
* 7: Prabhu Pingali, Katie Ricketts, and David E. Sahn: Agriculture For
Nutrition: Getting Policies Right
* 8: Peter Hazell: Is Small Farm Led Development Still a Relevant
Strategy for Africa and Asia?
* 9: Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey: Agricultural RandD, Food
Prices, Poverty, and Malnutrition redux
* 10: Joachim von Braun: Bioeconomy: Science and Technology Policy to
Harmonize Biologization of Economies with Food Security
* 11: Tina Andersen Huey: Global and Local Food Systems in the GM
Labeling Campaign
* 12: Barbara Boyle Torrey and E. Fuller Torrey: Population Increases
and Agricultural Productivity
* Part III: Globalization and Political Economy
* 13: Shenggen Fan, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, and Sinafikeh Gemessa: Ending
Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: Accelerating the Pace
* 14: Erik Thorbecke: The Present Pattern of Growth, Inequality, and
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
* 15: Marygold Walsh-Dilley and Wendy Wolford: Social Mobilization and
Food Security: The Contribution of Organized Civil Society to Hunger
Reduction Policies in Latin America
* 16: Andy McKay and Finn Tarp: Distributional Impacts of the 2008
Global Food Price Spike in Vietnam
* 17: Roger Slade and Mitch Renkow: Independence Or Influence:
Tradeoffs in Development Policy Research
* 18: Robert Paarlberg: Who Makes Global Food Policy?
* 19: Andrew D. Jones and Sivan Yosef: The Implications of a Changing
Climate on Global Nutrition Security
* Introduction
* Part I: Nutrition Policy and Program
* 1: Jef L. Leroy, Marie Ruel, Jean-Pierre Habicht, and Edward A
Frongillo: Using Height-For-Age Difference instead of Height-For-Age
Z-Scores for the Meaningful Measurement of Catch-up Growth in
Children Less Than 5 years of Age
* 2: Harold Alderman: Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition
Sensitive?
* 3: Christopher B. Barrett and Leah E. M. Bevis: The Micronutrient
Deficiencies Challenge in African Food Systems
* 4: Malden C. Nesheim and Marion Nestle: The Internationalization of
the Obesity Epidemic: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Sodas
* 5: Suresh Chandra Babu: Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Lessons from
food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems During Food Crises
* 6: Anna Herforth: Access to Adequate Nutritious Food: New Indicators
to Track Progress and Inform Action
* Part II: Agricultural Development and Research and Technology Policy
* 7: Prabhu Pingali, Katie Ricketts, and David E. Sahn: Agriculture For
Nutrition: Getting Policies Right
* 8: Peter Hazell: Is Small Farm Led Development Still a Relevant
Strategy for Africa and Asia?
* 9: Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey: Agricultural RandD, Food
Prices, Poverty, and Malnutrition redux
* 10: Joachim von Braun: Bioeconomy: Science and Technology Policy to
Harmonize Biologization of Economies with Food Security
* 11: Tina Andersen Huey: Global and Local Food Systems in the GM
Labeling Campaign
* 12: Barbara Boyle Torrey and E. Fuller Torrey: Population Increases
and Agricultural Productivity
* Part III: Globalization and Political Economy
* 13: Shenggen Fan, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, and Sinafikeh Gemessa: Ending
Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: Accelerating the Pace
* 14: Erik Thorbecke: The Present Pattern of Growth, Inequality, and
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
* 15: Marygold Walsh-Dilley and Wendy Wolford: Social Mobilization and
Food Security: The Contribution of Organized Civil Society to Hunger
Reduction Policies in Latin America
* 16: Andy McKay and Finn Tarp: Distributional Impacts of the 2008
Global Food Price Spike in Vietnam
* 17: Roger Slade and Mitch Renkow: Independence Or Influence:
Tradeoffs in Development Policy Research
* 18: Robert Paarlberg: Who Makes Global Food Policy?
* 19: Andrew D. Jones and Sivan Yosef: The Implications of a Changing
Climate on Global Nutrition Security