Completing the food chain : strategies for combating hunger and malnutrition : papers and proceedings of a colloquium organized by the Smithsonian Institution / edited by Paula M. Hirschoff and Neil G. Kotler.

Other author Hirschoff, Paula M.
Other author Kotler, Neil G., 1941-
Other author Smithsonian Institution.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1989.
Descriptionxxii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Food supply--Congresses.
Food supply--Government policy. --Congresses.
Agriculture--Congresses.
Agriculture and state--Congresses.
Agricultural assistance--Congresses.
Food relief--Congresses.

Contents Completing the food chain : from production to consumption -- Poverty, hunger, and food security : domestic policies and implications for external assistance to South Asia -- Food production and nutrition in Southeast Asia -- Food security and nutrition in the Arab world -- Perspectives on African agriculture and food policy -- Ecology of food and nutrition in Latin America -- Overcoming food and economic dependency in the West African Sahel -- Energy gap as a factor in nutrition and food policy -- Molecular biology and agriculture : the need for global strategies -- Food science, technology, and agroindustry -- Broadening the food development agenda -- Food and culture : an anthropological view -- Economic perspectives on combating hunger -- Confronting the "Nuts and Bolts" in the food chain : a colloquium summation.
Contents Toward a sustained agricultural economy : remarks of the laureate of the 1988 General Foods World Food Prize -- Excerpts of the discussions following the morning and afternoon panels -- Directions for research on completing the food chain : a discussion at the Interantional Food Policy Research Institute.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 89006168 gb 90035943
ISBN0874745616 (alk. paper)