Food Policy for Developing Countries

Chapter 1: Toward a Dynamic Global Food System
Toward a Global Food Systems Approach - The Global Food System - Complex Systems Analysis - Organizations That Impact the Food System - Emerging Trends and Driving ForcesChapter 2: Food Policy
Definition of Food Policy - Political Economics - Stakeholder Analysis - Food Policy in the Global Food System - How Do Governments Intervene? - Macroeconomic Policies and the Food System - A Political Economy Analysis of Food PolicyChapter 3: Human Health and Nutrition Policies
Dietary Energy and Nutrients - Other Food System Interactions with Human Health - Current World Health and Nutrition Situation - Nutrition Transition - Economic Payoffs from Health and Nutrition Improvements - Policy Options to Improve Health and Nutrition - Comparing Alternatives: An Example of Efforts to Reduce Dietary Iron Deficiency Chapter 4: Food Security, Consumption, and Demand Policies
The Food Consumption Situation - Food Security: Millennium Development Goals and the World Food Summit - Household Choices: Coping and Adaptation - Population Growth and Demographic Transitions - Consumer and Household Demand Analysis - Food Consumption Analysis - Food Consumption PoliciesChapter 5: Poverty Alleviation Policies
World Poverty Situation - Who Stays Poor? - Conceptual Issues of Multidimensional Poverty - Poverty and the Food System - Poverty Reduction PoliciesChapter 6: Domestic Market Policies
A Marketing System - Introductory Theory of the Firm - Food Markets - Structural Change in Food Markets - Food Marketing Policies Chapter 7: Food Production and Supply Policies
The Economic Importance of Agricultural Production - Food Production Situation - New Farming Techniques - Increasing Yields through Research and the Green Revolution - Smallholder Agriculture - Policies for Production and Supply - Contextual PoliciesChapter 8: Climate Change, Energy, and Natural Resource Management Policies
The Food System and Natural Resource Management - Environmental Externalities Related to the Food System - Climate Change and the Food System - Poverty, Hunger, and Sustainability Goals: Trade-Offs and Policy Implications - The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Full-Costing - Policy Options to Maintain Sustainable Use of Natural ResourcesChapter 9: Governance and Institutions
Institutions in Economics - Governance Situation - Governance and the Food System - Recent Trends in Governance - International GovernanceChapter 10: Globalization and the Food System
The International Food Trade Situation - The International Capital Market - International Technology Transfer - The Role of Biotechnology - The International Labor Market - Policies to Guide GlobalizationChapter 11: Ethical Aspects of Food Systems
Ethical Systems - Social Welfare Functions and Pareto Efficiency - Equity and Equality - Households and Other Actors - Poverty, Hunger, and Nutrition - Food Safety - Food Sovereignty - Markets and Morality - Animal Welfare and Environmental Ethics - Trade and Aid - Implicit Normativity in Research - Biotechnology