In view of the urgency and size of the problem how to feed the world’s population, the framework given to the recent … World Food Conference did not seem to be over-extended. The poor results, however, give again rise to the general question …

Studies of the relationship of nutrition and economic development have hitherto largely focused on the question how the … state of nutrition has changed in consequence of economic developments. The analysis concentrated on the "passive role of … nutrition". In the following article the question is reversed: what possibilities exist for influencing the development process …

When the World Food Conference of 1974 demanded the eradication of world hunger within the brief time span of ten years … date-attempts to prove the feasibility of greatly reducing world hunger before the advent of the 21st century. …

One major concern of the Third World, with its emotional and moralistic overtones, is the production and distribution … of food. Unfortunately, however, the world food situation is very complex and any over-simplification is counter …