How the World Hunger Problem Was Not Solved

Together with an in-depth account of the world food crisis, this book analyses how this global scheme largely failed.

List of contents

1. Introduction: the Global Level 2. The World Food Crisis, 1972-75 3. A Global Wave of Famines 4. The Small Peasant approach to Combatting Hunger and Poverty; Ideas and Breakthrough 5. Degrees of Implementation: Global Perspectives 6. Unexpected Limits of Growth: The Spread of Capital and Technology 7. Bangladesh: Impoverishment, Hunger and Credit 8. Indonesia: Limits to Farming Intensification and Poverty Alleviation 9. Tanzania: Impoverishment after Enforced Villagization 10. Mali: Changes in the Neglected Drylands 11. Comparing the Case Studies 12. Projections and Predictions: Imagining the Future 13. An "Effective Utilization of Women" 14. The Bigger Picture

About the author

Christian Gerlach is Professor of History at the University of Bern. His fields of research are mass violence, war and the history of agriculture, food, hunger and development. Among his earlier books is Extremely Violent Societies: Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century World (2010).

Summary

Together with an in-depth account of the world food crisis, this book analyses how this global scheme largely failed.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Gerlach, Christian (University of Bern Gerlach, Gerlach Christian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032584928
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258492-8
• No. of pages: 614
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Asian History, African History, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries