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Case studies in food policy for developing countries : vol. I - policies for health, nutrition, food consumption, and poverty / Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Fuzhi Cheng eds. ; in collaboration with S.E. Frandsen, A. Kuyvenhoven, J. von Braun

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2009Description: 268 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780801475542
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23rd 338.90091724  P658
Summary: A multidisciplinary edited volume of international case studies examining food policy in developing countries. Volume I focuses on policies related to health, nutrition, food consumption, and poverty: contributors employ economic, nutritional, sociological, anthropological and environmental perspectives to analyze country-level policy experiences (including program design, targeting, food safety and biofortification examples), document successes and failures, and draw lessons for future policy and research. The book is designed as a teaching and reference collection to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

A multidisciplinary edited volume of international case studies examining food policy in developing countries. Volume I focuses on policies related to health, nutrition, food consumption, and poverty: contributors employ economic, nutritional, sociological, anthropological and environmental perspectives to analyze country-level policy experiences (including program design, targeting, food safety and biofortification examples), document successes and failures, and draw lessons for future policy and research. The book is designed as a teaching and reference collection to complement the textbook Food Policy for Developing Countries.

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