Food Security and Food Inventories in Developing Countries - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851988105 ISBN 13: 9780851988108

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This volume reviews the food problem in developing countries and evaluates policy alternatives both at the macro (economy-wide) level and at the micro (individual farmer and household) level. The issues at the macro level include definitions of food security, mapping policy alternatives over food vis-a-vis other national objectives, modelling food security policies, and quantifying the effects of policy on the various sectors of the economy. At the micro level, they include methods of on-farm storage and factors leading to their adoption, the health consequences of transitional malnutrition, methods of controlling quality of stored grain, etc. The book also reviews practical issues involved in the design of a successful strategy to cope with food insecurity. It will interest economists, those concerned with stored products and nutritional policy, and others involved in feeding the growing populations of less developed countries.

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About the Author

P. Berck, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley. D. Bigman, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851988105
• ISBN 13: 9780851988108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Berck P., Bigman D.