Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links
Malnutrition is generally not perceived to be a pervasive problem in much of Africa, except during famines. There is little doubt that in "average" years, malnutrition in Africa is a smaller problem than it is in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal, or Sri Lanka. Another reason why nutr...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1987
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| author | Kumar, Shubh K. |
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| description | Malnutrition is generally not perceived to be a pervasive problem in much of Africa, except during famines. There is little doubt that in "average" years, malnutrition in Africa is a smaller problem than it is in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal, or Sri Lanka. Another reason why nutritional problems do not receive much attention in Africa is that in recent years episodes of severe drought, famine, and starvation have been relatively frequent, and attention has focused more on the shorter-run alleviation of food problems than on longer-term underlying problems. Finally, the proportion of the undernourished has been almost uniformly lower in urban centers than in rural areas due to a variety of income subsidies, better health, water supply, and sanitation facilities. Because of dispersed habitations and less variation in living standards, the rural problem is seldom visible except when reports of severe famine surface |
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| spelling | CGSpace1610332025-04-08T18:33:08Z Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links Kumar, Shubh K. food production conferences agricultural policies Malnutrition is generally not perceived to be a pervasive problem in much of Africa, except during famines. There is little doubt that in "average" years, malnutrition in Africa is a smaller problem than it is in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal, or Sri Lanka. Another reason why nutritional problems do not receive much attention in Africa is that in recent years episodes of severe drought, famine, and starvation have been relatively frequent, and attention has focused more on the shorter-run alleviation of food problems than on longer-term underlying problems. Finally, the proportion of the undernourished has been almost uniformly lower in urban centers than in rural areas due to a variety of income subsidies, better health, water supply, and sanitation facilities. Because of dispersed habitations and less variation in living standards, the rural problem is seldom visible except when reports of severe famine surface 1987 2024-11-21T09:53:06Z 2024-11-21T09:53:06Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161033 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kumar, Shubh K. 1987. Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links. In Accelerating food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chapter 3. Pp. 39-52. In Accelerating food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mellor, John W.; Delgado, Christopher L.; Blackie, Malcom J. (Eds.). Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [by] Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161033 |
| spellingShingle | food production conferences agricultural policies Kumar, Shubh K. Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links |
| title | Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links |
| title_full | Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links |
| title_fullStr | Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links |
| title_short | Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links |
| title_sort | nutrition situation and its food policy links |
| topic | food production conferences agricultural policies |
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