Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries: Policies for Health, Nutrition, Food Consumption, and Poverty

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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries

Policies for Health, Nutrition, Food Consumption, and Poverty

Edited by: Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Fuzhi Cheng

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2013

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Volume I of the Case Studies addresses policies related to health, nutrition, food consumption, and poverty.

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Per 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 and Professor of Agricultural Economics at Copenhagen University. He is the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate. His more than 400 publications include the coauthorship of Seeds of Contention. Fuzhi Cheng is a Commodity Trading Research Analyst at Noble Group based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction and Overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Human Health and Nutrition Policies
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Chapter One. HIV/AIDS, Gender, and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (3-1) Anandita Philipose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter Two. Food Security, Nutrition, and Health in Costa Rica's Indigenous Populations (3-2) Anna Herforth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter Three. Iron Deficiency in Bangladesh (3-3) Angela Hwaniki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter Four. The Policy Process of Increasing Micronutrient Programming in India (3-4) Anna Herforth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter Five. Developing a National Food Fortification Program in the Dominican Republic (3-5) Sunny S. Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Chapter Six. Biofortification in a Food Chain Approach in West Africa (3-6) Maja Slingerland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter Seven. Biofortification as a Vitamin A Deficiency Intervention in Kenya (3-7) Angela Hwaniki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter Eight. The Impact of Food for Education Programs in Bangladesh (3-8) Akhter U. Ahmed and Suresh C. Babu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter Nine. The Nutrition Transition and Obesity in China (3-9) Fuzhi Cheng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter Ten. The Nutrition Transition in Chile (3-10) Fernando Vio del Rio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter Eleven. Food Safety: The Case of Aflatoxin (3-11) Fuzhi Cheng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter Twelve. Salmonella Control in Denmark and the EU (3-12) Tove Christensen and Lill Andersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Part Two Food Security, Consumption, and Demand Policies
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter Thirteen. Food Advertising Policy in the United States ( 4-1) Leigh Gantner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter Fourteen. Surviving Shocks in Ethiopia: The Role of Social Protection for Food Security (4-2) Annick Hiensch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter Fifteen. Niger's Famine and the Role of Food Aid (4-3) Alexandra C. Lewin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Chapter Sixteen. Zambia and Genetically Modified Food Aid (4-4) Alexandra C. Lewin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter Seventeen. Intrahousehold Allocation, Gender Relations, and Food Security in Developing Countries ( 4-5) Agnes R. Quisumbing and Lisa C. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Part Three Poverty Alleviation Policies
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Chapter Eighteen. PROGRESA: An Integrated Approach to Poverty Alleviation in Mexico (5-1) Leigh Gantner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter Nineteen. Income Disparity in China and Its Policy Implications (5-2) Fuzhi Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter Twenty. Migration in Rural Burkina Faso (5-3) Fleur Wouterse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Part Four Ethical Aspects of Food Systems
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Chapter Twenty-one. Food Policy and Social Movements: Reflections on the Right to Food Campaign in India (11-1) Vivek Srinivasan and Sudha Narayanan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries

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