Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture 2004

Cover -- PERSPECTIVES IN WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I Frontiers in Addressing World Hunger and Poverty -- 1 Introduction to the Millennium Development Goals -- 2 The Human Development Report 2003 -- 3 World Food Day Remarks: Agricultural Productivity in the Developing World -- 4 The Millennium Compact and the End of Hunger -- 5 Globalization and World Hunger: An Independent Monitoring of Progress -- 6 Defeating Hunger and Famine: The View from Africa -- 7 How to Reduce Poverty and Malnutrition Through Science and Technology -- 8 Feeding the World: The View from Iowa -- 9 Donor Role in Agriculture and Rural Development, and in Hunger Reduction -- 10 Environmental Sustainability and Food Security -- 11 Toward a Hunger-Free World: The Final Milestone -- 12 Global Health and Food Security: Imperatives for the Future -- 13 Ending Hunger in America -- Section II Frontiers in Addressing Health and Nutrition -- 14 Educate Girls -- 15 Plant-Derived Vaccines to Overcome Current Constraints in Global Immunization -- 16 The Effect of Banning Antibiotics for Growth Promotion in Poultry and Swine Production in Denmark -- 17 Implications of More Restricted Antimicrobial Access Policy: Issues Related to U.S. Pork Production -- Section III Frontiers in Food, Agriculture, and Global Climate Change -- 18 Global Warming and Agriculture -- 19 Technological Choice and the Changing Structure of Agriculture: Farming to Sequester Carbon and Reduce Global Warming -- Section IV Frontiers in Agriculture and Rural Development in Industrialized Countries -- 20 Farm Programs and Agricultural Choices in Rural America -- 21 A Time for Change in U.S. Rural Policy -- 22 Agriculture-A Short History -- Section V Trends and Outlook for World Food and Agriculture -- 23 Factors Affecting World Agriculture -- Index