The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition

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Corporate Authors: United Nations University, ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • The African food system and human health and nutrition : a conceptual and empirical overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen
  • The nutrition situation in Sub-Saharan Africa / Derrill D. Watson and Per Pinstrup-Andersen
  • Disease burdens of Sub-Saharan Africa and their interactions with malnutrition / Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi
  • Animals as a source of human diseases : historical perspective and future health risks for the African population / E. Fuller Torrey
  • How AIDS epidemics interact with African food systems and how to improve the response / Stuart Gillespie
  • Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa : pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures / Rebecca Nelson
  • Nutrition and the environment : fundamental to food security in Africa / Anna Herforth
  • Food safety as a bridge between the food system and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorothy Nakimbugwe and Kathryn J. Boor
  • Population dynamics and future food requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa / Barbara Boyle Torrey
  • Income and food transfers to improve human health and nutrition / Harold Alderman
  • The impact of poor health and nutrition on labor productivity, poverty, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / David E. Sahn
  • Food systems and the escape from poverty and ill-health traps in Sub-Saharan Africa / Christopher B. Barrett
  • Strengthening the role of women in the food systems of Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve nutrition and health goals / Laura K. Cramer and Speciosa Wandira
  • Bridging the gap : linking agriculture and health to achieve the millennium development goals / Joachim von Braun, Marie T. Ruel, and Stuart Gillespie.