Description
Book SynopsisThe only text not to focus exclusively on the Third World. Second edition of a clasic text, completely revised and updated since first publication in 1985. The clearest and most up-to-date account of the supply of and demand for the world's food. The only text not to focus exclusively on the Third World.
Trade ReviewAbout the first edition:
"Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis."
Geographical Magazine "The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library." Geography
"An excellent addition to the literature ... The book is easy to read and would be a useful textbook for courses on hunger and poverty, third-world development, and agricultural geography." Geographical Review
Table of ContentsList of Figures viii
List of tables x
Acknowledgments xv
1 Introduction 1
2 The extent of hunger 5
3 A short history of hunger 30
4 Population and poverty 55
5 The growth of world food output 73
6 The expansion of the world’s arable land 90
7 Agricultural development in the developed countries since 1945 115
8 Tropical Africa 132
9 Latin America 170
10 Asia 200
11 Trade and aid 236
12 Conclusions 256
Noted 267
Index 299
