Government Policy, Food Security and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa

Per Pinstrup-Andersen
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Per Pinstrup-Andersen: Cornell Nutritional Surveillance Program

Chapter 6 in Issues in Contemporary Economics, 1991, pp 121-147 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Africa’s food insecurity and malnutrition problems, which appear to affect 25 per cent of the population, are a result of inappropriate development strategies and government policies, adverse and deteriorating terms of trade in international product and capital markets, and a skewed asset distribution.

Keywords: Food Security; Food Insecure; Food Price; Household Food; Household Food Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11579-2_6

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