Protein, Calories, and Development: Nutritional Variables in the Economics of Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9780367284541 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 246 str.

Bernard Schmitt

Opis

Bernard A. Schmitt traces the circular relationship between nutrition and human capital, labor productivity, food production, and per capita consumption of calories and protein. He provides explanations for complex interactions of nutritional variables in the economics of developing countries.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface -- The Global Food Problem: Past and Present -- Nutritional Requirements and Diet Quality -- Nutrient Sources and Their Relative Importance -- Production Relationships: Agricultural Commodities in the Developing Countries -- Agricultural Commodity Projections, 1985: An Alternative Approach -- Policy Implications of Nutrition for Developing Countries -- Conclusions -- Major Crops of Each Developing Country -- Calorie Content for Selected Commodities -- Chemical Scores, Limiting Amino Acids, Protein Content, and Conversion Factors for Important Foods -- Population and Food Supply in Individual Countries -- Letter Classifications for Percent Literate Among Adults -- Description of Data a Used in Estimation of Production Functions -- World Population, 1970 and Projections to 1985 and 1990 -- Production of Commodities in Developing Countries, 1970 (Thousand Metric Tons) -- Projected Commodity Balances for 1985: Developing Countries

O autorze

Bernard A. Schmitt is an economist with the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation. He received his Ph.D. from Florida State University and served as a research economist with the Florida State Department of Commerce.