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Since its establishment in October, 1945, it has been the stated aim of the United Nations to eliminate hunger and malnutrition. For the last three decades, more than enough food has been produced to feed the world, yet the numbers suffering from hunger continue to increase. In the developing countries, some 150 million children under five are now seriously undernourished. In this new, updated edition, David Grigg provides an 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 incompetance are among them. The author demonstrates the nature and scope of the problem, and analyzes the factors operating in a wide range of instances. The search for simple solutions is not only pointless, he argues, but their implementation is frequently damaging and counterproductive.
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"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
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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.
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The World Food Problem : Nineteen Fifty to Nineteen Eighty
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Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1987
ISBN 10: 0631153373
ISBN 13: 9780631153375
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The World Food Problem, 1950-80
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The World Food Problem 1950-1980
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Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989
ISBN 10: 0631153373
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Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. A Fine unmarked copy. 276 pages. For much of human history mankind has been undernourished, and for most of that time this was considered inevitable: there wasn't enough to go round. The agricultural and industrial revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries gave hope that malnutritionmight vanish from Europe. But it was not until the Second World War that the Western nations began to concern themselves with the food problem and to look forward to a world free of hunger. Yet in 1980 some estimates put numbers of those still hungry as high as 1500 million. What went wrong? Professor Grigg searches for the causes among the mass of factors, political, demographic, economic and social, agricultural, climatic, giving separate attention to the major problem areas - Africa, Latin America and Asia. **** NOT EX LIB **** 51 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 008576
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The World Food Problem, 1950-80
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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 288 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar. Seller Inventory # 29038868/122