Critical Food Issues [2 volumes]: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide

585 Pages·2009·2.223 MB·English

by  Laurel Phoenix, Lynn Walter

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Critical Food Issues: Problems and
State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide
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Critical Food Issues: Problems
and State-of-the-Art Solutions
Worldwide
Volume 1: Environment,
Agriculture, and Health Concerns
Editedby
Laurel E. Phoenix
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Contents
Foreword ix
LynnWalterandLaurelE.Phoenix
Preface xi
LynnWalterandLaurelE.Phoenix
IntroductiontoVolume1 xiii
LaurelE.Phoenix
Abbreviations xxi
PARTI. ENVIRONMENT
1. WaterandLand-UsePoliciesintheUnitedStates 3
LaurelE.Phoenix
2. SoilDegradationandSoilConservation 19
PatriciaE.NorrisandJohnM.Kerr
3. IntegratedPestManagement,Sustainability,andRisk:
LinkingPrinciples,Policy,andPractice 33
MichaelJ.BrewerandMarciaIshii-Eiteman
4. Agrobiodiversity 53
VickiL.Medland
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5. EnergyConservationinAgricultureandFoodTransport 69
DavidPimentel
PARTII.AGRICULTUREANDFISHERIES
6. SustainableAgriculturalPracticesintheUnitedStatesandOther
PostindustrialCountries 81
DanielA.Cibulka
7. SustainableAgriculturalDevelopmentinDevelopingCountries 95
RichardH.BernstenandSieglindeSnapp
8. UrbanAgriculture 109
JimBingen,KathrynColasanti,MargaretFitzpatrick,andKatherineNault
9. AchievingSustainableFisheries:AllHandsOnDeck! 123
TracyDobson
PARTIII.HEALTH
10. FoodSecurityandFoodInsecurityintheUnitedStatesand
TheirConsequencesforChildHealth 143
JohnT.Cook
11. FoodSecurityinDevelopingCountries 157
JohnM.Staatz,DuncanH.Boughton,andCynthiaDonovan
12. TheEffectofAgriculturalPracticesonNutrientProfilesofFoods 177
DebraPearson
13. SchoolLunchandBreakfastPrograms 195
SandraM.Stokes
14. DisorderedEatingandBodyImage 213
CherylTorontoKalny
15. Obesity 229
JoanneGardner
AbouttheEditorandContributors 245
Index 251