{"product_id":"the-world-food-problem-9780631176336","title":"The World Food Problem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the first edition:\u003cbr\u003e \"Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis.\" \u003ci\u003eGeographical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library.\" \u003ci\u003eGeography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eGeographical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of tables x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The extent of hunger 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A short history of hunger 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Population and poverty 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The growth of world food output 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The expansion of the world’s arable land 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Agricultural development in the developed countries since 1945 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Tropical Africa 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Latin America 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Asia 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Trade and aid 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Conclusions 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoted 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 299\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403393016151,"sku":"9780631176336","price":47.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631176336.jpg?v=1730483328","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-food-problem-9780631176336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}