 | ISBN: 978-1-58826-250-9 $65.00 | |
| ISBN: 978-1-58826-275-2 $26.50 | ||
| 2004/447 pages | ||
Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors of The World Food Problem tackle the question of why—and what can be done about it. Entirely new to the third edition are chapters on the history of famine, the basic economics of supply and demand, and economics and policy analysis. Throughout, data have been updated and recent policy debates explored, and there are frequent examples of current problems and policies.
This highly readable and comprehensive text provides an accessible analysis of the state of world food supply and demand, as well as an assessment of prospects for the future.
"The only book currently available that is comprehensive enough to be able to be used as a text in this area.... very well crafted."—Julie Poh Thurlow, Doody's Book Review
Praise for the previous editions:
"A boldly multidisciplinary approach that captures all the complexity of the causes of, and solutions to, hunger ... in an engaging and often witty manner that is simple but never simplistic."—Mark G. Cohen, Hunger Notes
"An important addition to the reading list for economic courses on the world food problem."—Roland Herrmann, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
"A fine book, which should be widely adopted as a text for world food courses."—George J. Viksnins, Journal of Developing Areas