Agriculture and Economic Development: Food for Thought

Piya Mahtaney

Chapter 14 in Globalization and Sustainable Economic Development, 2013, pp 181-194 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract At the World Food Summit (WFS) in 1996, the heads of state and government stated: We pledge our political will and our common and national commitment to achieving food security for all and to an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger in all countries, with an immediate view to reducing the number of undernourished people to half their present level no later than 2015.

Keywords: Trade Liberalization; Food Price; Price Volatility; Rural Economy; Poor Nation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137024992_15

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