{"product_id":"food-policy-for-developing-countries-the-role-of-government-in-global-national-and-local-food-systems-hardcover","title":"Food Policy for Developing Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePer Pinstrup-Andersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDerrill D. Watson II\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSoren E. Frandsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful food policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new textbook intended to be used with the three volumes of\u003ci\u003e Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries\u003c\/i\u003e (also from Cornell), the 2001 World Food Prize laureate Per Pinstrup-Andersen and his colleague Derrill D. Watson II analyze international food policies and discuss how such policies can and must address the many complex challenges that lie ahead in view of continued poverty, globalization, climate change, food price volatility, natural resource degradation, demographic and dietary transitions, and increasing interests in local and organic food production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood Policy for Developing Countries\u003c\/i\u003e offers a \"social entrepreneurship\" approach to food policy analysis. Calling on a wide variety of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography, the authors show how all elements in the food system function together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePer 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. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe African Food System and Its Interaction with Human Health and Nutrition\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCase Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries, volumes I, II, and III\u003c\/i\u003e, also from Cornell, and author or editor of many other books and journal articles. Derrill D. Watson II is Assistant Professor of Economics at the American University of Nigeria. Søren E. Frandsen is the Pro-Rector of Aarhus University. Arie Kuyvenhoven is Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at Wageningen University. Joachim von Braun is a Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Professor of Economic and Technological Change at University of Bonn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 10.35 x 7.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51818634019104,"sku":"9780801448188","price":100.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bf16e5859d28c544c3d2422715732f20.webp?v=1781119765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/food-policy-for-developing-countries-the-role-of-government-in-global-national-and-local-food-systems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}