Agricultural development is essential for economic growth, rural development, and poverty alleviation in low-income developing countries. Increasing agricultural productivity is an effective driver of economic growth and poverty reduction, both within and outside agricultural sectors. Increasing...

This paper investigates the relationship between the emerging coexistence of under and overweight and changes in socioeconomic conditions associated with economic growth in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both increasing overweight and...

This paper is about the two-way causal relationships between the global food system and health and nutrition. It argues that the global food system begins and ends with health and that the prioritization and implementation of agricultural research and policy should consider health and nutrition...

Intro -- contents -- figures -- tables -- foreword -- preface -- acknowledgments -- chapter 1 -- chapter 2 -- chapter 3 -- chapter 4 -- chapter 5 -- chapter 6 -- chapter 7 -- chapter 8 -- chapter 9 -- chapter 10 -- chapter 11 -- chapter 12 -- chapter 13 -- chapter 14 -- references -- contributors.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Toward a Dynamic Global Food System -- Chapter 2. Food Policy -- Chapter 3. Human Health and Nutrition Policies -- Chapter 4. Food Security, Consumption, and Demand Policies -- Chapter...