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World hunger
Publisher
H.W. Wilson Company
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
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From the Book
The slow and silent killer: what causes famine?
Starved for attention / Susan Sechler
Starving season / Samuel Loewenberg
Africa sinks deeper into despair as famine worsens / Rob Crilly
From credit to crops / Stijn Claessens and Erik Feijen
Why democracies don't have famines / Miren Gutierrez
Freedom is not enough / Joshua Hammer
Famines in the world today
Millions in Niger facing food shortages once again / Samuel Loewenberg
So little to eat / Mike Crawley
Who caused the Malawi famine / Kwesi Owusu and Francis Ng'ambi
Letter from Zimbabwe / Gabrielle Menezes
Glimpses of a hermit nation: trading ideals for sustenance / Barbara Demick
Relief efforts: aid versus development
Fighting world hunger / Ryan Swanson
Food sovereignty: ending world hunger in our time / Frederic Mousseau and Anuradha Mittal
Starving for the cameras / The Economist
The problem with predicting famine / Miren Gutierrez
When food aid doesn't solve Africa's problems / Edgar Batte
Localized food aid / Alexandra Starr
Women and children: greatest victims, greatest hope
Hunger: the silent emergency / Jan Goodwin, Marie Claire
Malnutrition is cheating its survivors, and Africa's future / Michael Wines
Hunger stalks Niger / Kirsten Scharnberg
The face of famine / Anderson Cooper
Promising solution or risky experiment? The biotechnology debate
Hunger and the biotech wars / Peter Pringle
Debate grows over biotech food / Justin Gillis
Genetic engineering is not the answer / Sean McDonagh
Feed starving masses, not irrational fears / USA Today
Food stamps and farm subsidies: hunger in America
Hungry in America / Trudy Lieberman
America's hunger epidemic / Anna Quindlen
Cost of hunger calculated at $90 billion / Cheryl Wetzstein
No longer hungry, just folks of 'low food security' / Marie Cocco
Lawmaker cuts budget to $3 a day / Bella English
Appendix
United Nations Millennium declaration. September 18, 2000.
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9780824210717
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