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100 1 _aPinstrup-Andersen, Per
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245 1 4 _aThe unfinished agenda :
_bperspectives on overcoming hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation /
_cedited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bInternational Food Policy Research Institute,
_cc2001.
300 _ax, 301 páginas :
_bBlack and white illustrations and graphics,
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-282) and index.
505 0 _aThe Unfinished Agenda and Prospects for the Future. -- Nutrition and Health: The Ultimate Goals. -- Demographic Issues: Population Growth and Urbanization. -- Diet Trends: Increasing Demand for Livestock and Fish. -- Food Production and the Environment. -- The Hot Spots: Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. -- Microcredit for the Rural Poor. -- Gender and Education Issues: Women and Food Security. -- What Will Globalization Bring?. -- Biotechnology and Information Technology: How Can the Poor Benefit?.
520 0 _aIn recent decades the world has made remarkable progress in improving the quality of life for millions of people, but the job of assuring sustainable food security for the world's poorest people remains unfinished. Booming populations, rapid urbanization, persistent mal nutrition and poor health, degraded croplands and scarce water, disenfranchisement of women, accelerating globalization, and rapid emergence of new technolo gies-all these and many other issues are influencing this ongoing effort.
650 1 4 _aFood supply
_zDeveloping countries.
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650 2 4 _aSustainable agriculture
_zDeveloping countries.
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650 2 4 _aEnvironmental protection
_zDeveloping countries.
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700 1 _aPandya-Lorch., Rajul,
_eEditor
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