Food Policy for Developing Countries

The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems

Per Pinstrup- Andersen‚ Derrill D. Watson

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“ Food Policy for Developing Countries is a comprehensive and deeply insightful guide that will be of great practical value to policymakers, analysts, and students of food policy. It is a worthy capstone contribution that reflects the wealth of knowledge built up overthe senior author’s long and eminent career, and it should serve as the seminal work onthis topic for years to come.”

— Benjamin Senauer, University of Minnesota, coauthor of Ending Hunger

    in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization

 

 

“ Per  Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II serve up a rich multidisciplinary diet
of insights into the incidence, causes, and cures for hunger in developing countries.
The exceptional insights dished out by these authors known for their long practical and
scholarly experience needs to be savored and digested by every student of food policy
for the poor.”

—Luther Tweeten, Emeritus Chaired Professor, The Ohio

   State University

 

 

“ Per  Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II give us a comprehensive road mapfor understanding how governments and markets are shaping food outcomes in the
developing world. The book provides food policy analysts with a sound political economy foundation, international data on everything from sustainable 

—Robert Paarlberg, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

 

Contents in Detail


List of Figures

 


List of Tables

 


Foreword

 

Preface

 

Acknowledgments

 

 

 


Chapter  1. Toward a Dynamic Global Food System


                   Introduction

 

                   Toward a Global Food Systems Approach

 

                   The Global Food System

 

                   Complex Systems Analysis

 

                   Organizations That Impact the Food
                   System

 

                   Emerging Trends and Driving Forces

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

 


Chapter  2. Food Policy


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Policy

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

Chapter  3. Human Health and Nutrition Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Defi ciency

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Human Health and Nutrition Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes

 

 

 


Chapter  4. Food Security, Consumption, and
                  Demand Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Policies

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Food Security, Consumption, and
                   Demand Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

 

Chapter  5. Poverty Alleviation Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   World Poverty Situation

 

                   Who Stays Poor?

 

                   Conceptual Issues of Multidimensional
                   Poverty

 

                   Poverty and the Food System

 

                   Poverty Reduction Policies

 

                   Conclusion: Reducing Poverty

 

                   Poverty Alleviation Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  6. Domestic Market Policies


                   Introduction 

 

                   A Marketing System

 

                   Introductory Theory of the Firm

 

                   Food Markets

 

                   Structural Change in Food Markets

 

                   Food Marketing Policies

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Domestic Market Policies Case Studies

 


                   Notes

 

 

 

 

Chapter  7. Food Production and Supply Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Policies

 

                   Conclusion 

 

                   Food Production and Supply Policies
                   Case Studies

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  8. Climate Change, Energy, and Natural
                  Resource Management Policies 


                   Introduction 

 

                   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 Resources 

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   NRM Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  9. Governance and Institutions


                   Introduction

 

                   Institutions in Economics

 

                   Governance Situation

 

                   Governance and the Food System

 

                   Recent Trends in Governance

 

                   International Governance

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Governance and Institutions Case Studies

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

 

Chapter  10. Globalization and the Food System


                   Introduction

 

                   The International Food Trade Situation 

 

                   The International Capital Market 

 

                   International Technology Transfer 

 

                   The Role of Biotechnology 

 

                   The International Labor Market 

 

                   Policies to Guide Globalization 

 

                   Conclusion 

 

                   Globalization and the Food System
                   Case Studies 

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  11. Ethical Aspects of Food Systems 


                   Introduction 

 

                   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 

 

                   Conclusion 

 

                   Ethical Aspects of Food Systems Case Studies 

 

                   Notes 

 


References 


Index

Publisher AF Press
Publication Date 2015
Number of Pages 424
ISBN 9789332701885
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Praise for this book

“ Food Policy for Developing Countries is a comprehensive and deeply insightful guide that will be of great practical value to policymakers, analysts, and students of food policy. It is a worthy capstone contribution that reflects the wealth of knowledge built up overthe senior author’s long and eminent career, and it should serve as the seminal work onthis topic for years to come.”

— Benjamin Senauer, University of Minnesota, coauthor of Ending Hunger

    in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization

 

 

“ Per  Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II serve up a rich multidisciplinary diet
of insights into the incidence, causes, and cures for hunger in developing countries.
The exceptional insights dished out by these authors known for their long practical and
scholarly experience needs to be savored and digested by every student of food policy
for the poor.”

—Luther Tweeten, Emeritus Chaired Professor, The Ohio

   State University

 

 

“ Per  Pinstrup-Andersen and Derrill D. Watson II give us a comprehensive road mapfor understanding how governments and markets are shaping food outcomes in the
developing world. The book provides food policy analysts with a sound political economy foundation, international data on everything from sustainable 

—Robert Paarlberg, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

 

Contents in Detail


List of Figures

 


List of Tables

 


Foreword

 

Preface

 

Acknowledgments

 

 

 


Chapter  1. Toward a Dynamic Global Food System


                   Introduction

 

                   Toward a Global Food Systems Approach

 

                   The Global Food System

 

                   Complex Systems Analysis

 

                   Organizations That Impact the Food
                   System

 

                   Emerging Trends and Driving Forces

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

 


Chapter  2. Food Policy


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Policy

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

Chapter  3. Human Health and Nutrition Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Defi ciency

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Human Health and Nutrition Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes

 

 

 


Chapter  4. Food Security, Consumption, and
                  Demand Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Policies

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Food Security, Consumption, and
                   Demand Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

 

Chapter  5. Poverty Alleviation Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   World Poverty Situation

 

                   Who Stays Poor?

 

                   Conceptual Issues of Multidimensional
                   Poverty

 

                   Poverty and the Food System

 

                   Poverty Reduction Policies

 

                   Conclusion: Reducing Poverty

 

                   Poverty Alleviation Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  6. Domestic Market Policies


                   Introduction 

 

                   A Marketing System

 

                   Introductory Theory of the Firm

 

                   Food Markets

 

                   Structural Change in Food Markets

 

                   Food Marketing Policies

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Domestic Market Policies Case Studies

 


                   Notes

 

 

 

 

Chapter  7. Food Production and Supply Policies


                   Introduction

 

                   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 Policies

 

                   Conclusion 

 

                   Food Production and Supply Policies
                   Case Studies

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  8. Climate Change, Energy, and Natural
                  Resource Management Policies 


                   Introduction 

 

                   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 Resources 

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   NRM Policies Case Studies

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  9. Governance and Institutions


                   Introduction

 

                   Institutions in Economics

 

                   Governance Situation

 

                   Governance and the Food System

 

                   Recent Trends in Governance

 

                   International Governance

 

                   Conclusion

 

                   Governance and Institutions Case Studies

 

                   Notes

 

 

 

 

Chapter  10. Globalization and the Food System


                   Introduction

 

                   The International Food Trade Situation 

 

                   The International Capital Market 

 

                   International Technology Transfer 

 

                   The Role of Biotechnology 

 

                   The International Labor Market 

 

                   Policies to Guide Globalization 

 

                   Conclusion 

 

                   Globalization and the Food System
                   Case Studies 

 

                   Notes 

 

 

 

 

Chapter  11. Ethical Aspects of Food Systems 


                   Introduction 

 

                   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 

 

                   Conclusion 

 

                   Ethical Aspects of Food Systems Case Studies 

 

                   Notes 

 


References 


Index

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