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In The World Food Problem, updadted in every respect since its first edition in 1985, David Grigg provides a full account of who is hungry, where and why.
About the first edition:
"Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis."
Geographical Magazine
"The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library." Geography
"An excellent addition to the literature ... The book is easy to read and would be a useful textbook for courses on hunger and poverty, third–world development, and agricultural geography." Geographical Review
List of Figures viii
List of tables x
Acknowledgments xv
1 Introduction 1
2 The extent of hunger 5
3 A short history of hunger 30
4 Population and poverty 55
5 The growth of world food output 73
6 The expansion of the world s arable land 90
7 Agricultural development in the developed countries since 1945 115
8 Tropical Africa 132
9 Latin America 170
10 Asia 200
11 Trade and aid 236
12 Conclusions 256
Noted 267
Index 299
David Grigg is among the world′s leading historians of agriculture in both social and economic contexts. His previous books include
The Harshlands, The Agricultural Systems of the World, Population Growth and Agricultural Change, English Agriculture, and
The Transformation of Agriculture.
In
The World Food Problem, updated in every respect since its first edition in 1985, David Grigg provides a full account of who is hungry, where and why.
The causes of hunger are manifold and complex: population growth, environmental degradation, poverty, inefficient farming, poor distribution, inappropriate aid, war, drought, famine, corruption, and incompetence are among them. The great strength and value of this outstanding book lie at once in the author′s understanding of the nature and scope of the problem, and in his clear analysis of the factors operating in a wide range of instances. The search for simple solutions is not only pointless but, he shows only too vividly, their implementation is frequently damaging and counterproductive.
