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Food politics : what everyone needs to know / Robert Paarlberg.

By: Paarlberg, Robert L.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xix, 218 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780195389609 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780195389593 (pbk. : alk. paper) :; 0195389603 (hardcover : alk. paper); 019538959X (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Food supply | Agriculture and state | Food -- Marketing | Nutrition policyDDC classification: 338.19
Contents:
An overview of food politics -- Food production and population growth -- The politics of high food prices -- The politics of chronic hunger -- The politics of famine -- The green revolution controversy -- Food aid and food power -- The politics of obesity -- The politics of farm subsidies and trade -- Agriculture, the environment, and farm animals -- Agribusiness, supermarkets, and fast food -- Organic and local food -- Food safety and genetically engineered food -- Who governs the world food system?
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Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 6 , Side 2, TierNo 2, BayNo 2

338.19 PAA 2010 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SCAFS,70006,03,GR 5000099546

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of food politics -- Food production and population growth -- The politics of high food prices -- The politics of chronic hunger -- The politics of famine -- The green revolution controversy -- Food aid and food power -- The politics of obesity -- The politics of farm subsidies and trade -- Agriculture, the environment, and farm animals -- Agribusiness, supermarkets, and fast food -- Organic and local food -- Food safety and genetically engineered food -- Who governs the world food system?