World Hunger: 10 Myths
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802123465 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 396 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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It should become not only a book for study, but a guide to action.”Noam ChomskyLike its predecessors, this brilliant book distills the truth about the state of global hunger so accessibly and urgently, that you’re left not just wiser, but armed and ready for the fight to make the world better.”Raj Patel, author Stuffed and Starved; fellow at Food First; research professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at AustinA must-read from the world’s most trustworthy guides to how we can end hunger. And then they te
Driven by the question, "Why hunger despite an abundance of food?" Lappé and Collins refute the myths that prevent us from addressing the root causes of hunger across the globe. foreign aid, and more.Brimming with little-known but life-changing examples of solutions to hunger worldwide, this myth-busting book argues that sustainable agriculture can feed the world, that we can end nutritional deprivation affecting one-quarter of the world’s people, and that most in the Global North have more in common with hungry people than they thought. For novices and scholars alike, World Hunger: Ten Myths will inspire a whole new generation of hunger-fighters.. World Hunger: Ten Myths draws on extensive new research to offer fresh, often startling, insights about tough questionsfrom climate change and population growth to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the role of U.S. From best-selling authors F
"A TIMELY BOOK" according to Bayard W. Breeding. An excellent,concise study of various food related myths. A book that should be required reading for anyone interested in local and global food issues.. Arthur Domike said 10 Myths Lappe and Collins have done a great favor for all those concerned with the consequences of. REVIEW World Hunger, 10 MythsLappe and Collins have done a great favor for all those concerned with the consequences of poverty. This book belongs on the desks of those who formulate and implement economic policies or contribute to causes working to alleviate hunger.Hunger, the authors emphasize, is not simply the result of poor crops, but the consequence of wealth and income inequality. FAO estimates that some 800 million people world-wide, suffer from hunger. Of these, 8000 children die each. Chepe Owens said Taking the mystery out of world hunger. After reading this book, your realize that solving the problem of world hunger is not just a matter of producing more food and getting it to starving people. Hunger is not an isolated phenomenon; it is related to many of the other problems that make our modern world dangerously unequal and unstable. The ten myths debunked in this book treat of matters ranging from climate change and industrial agriculture to free trade and foreign aid. Besides analysis of the problems, the authors offer sensib