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Towards the End of Hunger

By Héctor Maletta

Book information

Publisher
Universidad del Pacífico
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7787871 bytes)
Pages
\496
Time added
2021-04-29 15:17:27
food; agriculture; climate; food security; nutriti

Description

Hunger is diminishing. The world is attaining the Millennium Development Goal of halving the prevalence of hunger by 2015 relative to 1990-1992. Though the hungry are still many, their number is tendentially decreasing over time in absolute numbers and as a percentage of population. Hunger prevalence is still high in areas affected by unfavourable climate, violence, displaced populations, and extreme poverty. The food and hunger situation is improving, though the fight against hunger is far from over. 1. Introduction Part I. CONCEPTS 2. From hunger to food security: a conceptual history Part II. HISTORICAL TRENDS 3. Agricultural and food output 4. Land use and agricultural productivity 5. Agricultural trade 6. Food consumption patterns 7. Food access and nutrition 8. Conclusions about food and hunger trends Part III. FUTURE PROSPECTS 9. Projections on food and agriculture 10.Impact of climate change on agriculture 11.Concluding remarks TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX 12. Measuring historical trends 13. How to see the future: projection methods

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