The Feeding of Nations
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The Feeding of Nations

Redefining Food Security for the 21st Century

  1. 684 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Feeding of Nations

Redefining Food Security for the 21st Century

About this book

In the last decade, the world has grown richer and produced more food than ever before. Yet in that same period, hunger has increased and 925 million remain underfed and malnourished. Exploring this troubling paradox, The Feeding of Nations: Re-Defining Food Security for the 21st Century offers a glimpse into how the simple aspiration of global foo

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781138198517
eBook ISBN
9781439839515
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Author
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Chapter 1: Food Security: What Is It?
  11. Chapter 2: Good Nutrition: A Basic Introduction
  12. Chapter 3: Bad ‘Mal’-nutrition: The Physiology of Hunger
  13. Chapter 4: Food Security: The Global Picture
  14. Chapter 5: Sociocultural Evolution
  15. Chapter 6: Governance, Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  16. Chapter 7: Science, Technology and Philosophy
  17. Chapter 8: Twentieth Century: The Feeding of Nations—A New Global Enthusiasm
  18. Chapter 9: The Inter-War Years: 1919–1939
  19. Chapter 10: World War Two: 1939–1945
  20. Chapter 11: The Post-War Years
  21. Chapter 12: The Development Decade: 1960s
  22. Chapter 13: Famine, Oil and the Food Crisis: 1970s
  23. Chapter 14: The Lost Development Decade: 1980s
  24. Chapter 15: The Era of the Conference: 1990s
  25. Chapter 16: The Twenty-First Century: Ideological Convergence?
  26. Chapter 17: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  27. Chapter 18: Science and Technology
  28. Chapter 19: Socio-Cultural
  29. Chapter 20: Health and Nutrition
  30. Chapter 21: Environment and Natural Resources
  31. Chapter 22: Governance, Politics and Economics
  32. Chapter 23: Origins: Aetiology and Etymology—Dispelling the Myths
  33. Chapter 24: Causality and Future Research
  34. Chapter 25: Redefining Food Security
  35. Chapter 26: Food for Thought: Discussion and Considerations
  36. Chapter 27: Closing Remarks
  37. Appendix A: Country Classifications
  38. Appendix B: Mortality Categories
  39. Appendix C: The Gibson Framework of Food Security
  40. Appendix D: Metabolism
  41. Appendix E: Micronutrients
  42. Appendix F: Malnutrition—Its Assessment and Measurement
  43. Appendix G: Biological Systematics
  44. Appendix H: Millennium Development Goals
  45. Appendix I: Global Warming—The Basics
  46. Appendix J: Energy Sources
  47. Appendix K: Stakeholders
  48. Appendix L: Conversion Rates
  49. Appendix M: Glossary
  50. Back Cover