A timely and provocative look at the role political developments and the biology of nutrition play in world famine. …-1850] The Causes of Starvation -- Part II:The Crisis of Nutrition -- [3] The Basics of Nutrition -- [4] The Anatomy and … Physiology of Nutrition -- [5] Agriculture The Birth of Civilization . . .and Famine -- Lessons from the Great Irish Famine [1845 …

Poverty traps and resource degradation in the rural tropics appear to have multiple and complex, but similar, causes … empirically remains a challenge, however, but one essential to the design of appropriate interventions for reducing poverty and …