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The African Food System and Its Interactions with Human Health and Nutrition
Per Pinstrup-Andersen (Ed.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pinstrup-Andersen, Per. Num Pages: 384 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 1H; KNAC; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Hunger, malnutrition, poor health, and deficient food systems are widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. While much is known about African food systems and about African health and nutrition, our understanding of the interaction between food systems and health and nutrition is deficient. Moreover, the potential health gains from changes in the food system are frequently overlooked in policy design and implementation. The authors of The African Food System and its Interactions with Human Health and Nutrition examine how public policy and research aimed at the food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition can improve the ... Read more
Hunger, malnutrition, poor health, and deficient food systems are widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. While much is known about African food systems and about African health and nutrition, our understanding of the interaction between food systems and health and nutrition is deficient. Moreover, the potential health gains from changes in the food system are frequently overlooked in policy design and implementation. The authors of The African Food System and its Interactions with Human Health and Nutrition examine how public policy and research aimed at the food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition can improve the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801476921
SKU
V9780801476921
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About Per Pinstrup-Andersen (Ed.)
Per Pinstrup-Andersen is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition, and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University and Professor of Agricultural Economics at Copenhagen University. He is the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate. His more than 400 publications include the coauthorship of Seeds of Contention.
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