The Feeding of Nations

Food Security: What Is It, How and Who Does It Affect? Food Security: What Is It? Good Nutrition: A Basic Introduction. Bad Mal'-nutrition: The Physiology of Hunger. Food Security: The Global Picture. History: A Fledgling Construct. Sociocultural Evolution. Governance, Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Science, Technology and Philosophy. History: Twentieth Century. Twentieth Century: The Feeding of Nations-A New Global Enthusiasm. The Inter-War Years 1919-1939. World War Two: 1939-1945. The Post-War Years. The Development Decade: 1960s. Famine, Oil and the Food Crisis: 1970s. The Lost Development Decade: 1980s. The Era of the Conference: 1990s. The Twenty-First Century: Ideological Convergence? A Sectoral Analysis: Food Security and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Science and Technology. Socio-Cultural. Health and Nutrition. Environment and Natural Resources. Governance, Politics and Economics. The Final Analysis-Food Security. Origins: Aetiology and Etymology-Dispelling the Myths. Causality and Future Research. Redefining Food Security. Food for Thought: Discussion and Considerations. Closing Remarks. Appendices. Appendix A: Country Classifications. Appendix B: Mortality Categories. Appendix C: The Gibson Framework of Food Security. Appendix D: Metabolism. Appendix E: Micronutrients. Appendix F: Malnutrition-Its Assessment and Measurement. Appendix G: Biological Systematics. Appendix H: Millennium Development Goals. Appendix I: Global Warming-The Basics. Appendix J: Energy Sources. Appendix K: Stakeholders. Appendix L: Conversion Rates. Appendix M: Glossary.