{"product_id":"food-policy-for-developing-countries-per-pinstrup-andersen-9780801448188","title":"Food Policy for Developing Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful food policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new textbook intended to be used with the three volumes of\u003ci\u003e Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries\u003c\/i\u003e (also from Cornell), the 2001 World Food Prize laureate Per Pinstrup-Andersen and his colleague Derrill D. Watson II analyze international food policies and discuss how such policies can and must address the many complex challenges that lie ahead in view of continued poverty, globalization, climate change, food price volatility, natural resource degradation, demographic and dietary transitions, and increasing interests in local and organic food production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood Policy for Developing Countries\u003c\/i\u003e offers a \"social entrepreneurship\" approach to food policy analysis. Calling on a wide variety of disciplines including economics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geography, the authors show how all elements in the food system function together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Derrill D. Watson II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801448182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801448188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.35h x 7.25w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 75","brand":"Per Pinstrup-Andersen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059730018559,"sku":"9780801448188","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e224a67b-eeea-4a81-a045-5f142c978399.jpg?v=1685059986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-policy-for-developing-countries-per-pinstrup-andersen-9780801448188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}