Agricultural Development and Nutrition

ISBN-13: 9780367006419 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 256 str.

Opis

This book is an expose of the many food consumption-related problems which need to be considered alongside agricultural production issues in development. It examines those factors that determine the degree to which people have access to food and can assimilate its nutrients.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface -- Limits to Measurement -- Food systems and needs* -- Defining malnutrition* -- Energy and protein requirements* -- Food system indicators* -- The Causes of Malnutrition -- Multiple causes in malnutrition* -- Functional classes and targeted policies* -- Food and Nutrition Policy and Agriculture -- Agrarian change and poverty* -- Markets and food availability* -- Nutrition interventions* -- Professional roles and research*