| Description |
viii, 198 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 5 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 5.
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| Note |
Collection of articles repinted from various journals and newspapers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- [pt]. 1. The slow and silent killer : what causes famine? -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Starved for attention / Susan Sechler -- 2. How the world is getting hungrier each year / Paul Vallely -- 3. From credit to crops / Stijn Claessens and Erik Feijen -- 4. Africa needs democracy as much as debt relief / Steve Karlen -- 5. Why democracies don't have famines / Miren Gutierrez -- 6. Freedom is not enough / Joshua Hammer -- [pt]. 2. Famines in the world today -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Millions in Niger facing food shortages once again / Samuel Loewenberg -- 2. Season of many hungers / The Nation -- 3. Who caused the Malawi famine / Kwesi Owusu and Francis Ng'ambi -- 4. Letter from Zimbabwe / Gabrielle Menezes -- 5. Glimpses of a hermit nation : trading ideals for sustenance / Barbara Demick -- |
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[pt]. 3. Relief efforts : aid versus development -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Fighting world hunger : U.S. food aid policy and the Food for Peace program / Ryan Swanson -- 2. Food sovereignty : ending world hunger in our time / Frederic Mousseau and Anuradha Mittal -- 3. Starving for the cameras / The Economist -- 4. Vast lands, epic journeys, terrible sights / James R. Peipert -- 5. The problem with predicting famine / Miren Gutierrez -- [pt]. 4. Women and children : greatest victims, greatest hope -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Do-it-yourself famine fight / Kirsten Scharnberg -- 2. Malnutrition is cheating its survivors, and Africa's future / Michael Wines -- 3. Famine in East Africa : littlest victims of drought, poverty / Anna Badkhen -- 4. Hunger stalks Niger / Kirsten Scharnberg -- 5. The opposite of obesity : undernutrition overwhelms the world's children / Carol Potera -- |
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[pt]. 5. Promising solution or risky experiment? : the biotechnology debate -- Editor's introduction -- 1. So shall we reap / Peter Pringle -- 2. Debate grows over biotech food / Justin Gillis -- 3. Genetic engineering is not the answer / Sean McDonagh -- 4. Feed starving masses, not irrational fears / USA Today -- [pt]. 6. Food stamps and farm subsidies : hunger in America -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Hungry in America / Trudy Lieberman -- 2. America's hunger epidemic / Anna Quindlen -- 3. Cost of hunger calculated at $90 billion / Cheryl Wetzstein -- 4. No longer hungry, just folks of "low food security" / Marie Cocco -- 5. Lawmaker cuts budget to $3 a day / Bella English -- Appendix : United Nations Millennium Declaration / United Nations General Assembly -- Bibliography -- Books -- Web sites -- Additional periodical articles with abstracts -- Index. |
| Subject |
Famines.
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Food supply.
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Hunger -- Prevention.
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Food relief.
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| Added Author |
Stanford, Claire.
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| ISBN |
9780824210717 alkaline paper |
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0824210719 alkaline paper |
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