Open AccessJoachim von Braun and Rajul Pandya-Lorch (eds.). Food Policy for the Poor: Expanding the Research Frontiers: Highlights from 30 Years of IFPRI Research. Washington, D. C.: IFPRI, 2005. 253 Pages. Price not given.
Author(s) -
Ayaz Ahmed
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v44i3pp.321-323
Subject(s) - food security , food policy , subsidy , agriculture , agricultural productivity , economic growth , political science , business , economics , geography , archaeology , law
The research of the past 30 years at the International FoodPolicy Research Institute (IFPRI) is highlighted in this volume. Thetopic is food and nutrition security. Of related concern are thedevelopment strategies that impact on technologies for agriculturalproduction, resource management, conflicts and natural disasters,subsidies and safety nets, gender roles, and health. The book consistsof nine chapters. The first chapter discusses a changing IFPRI in achanging world. The current and future world food situation is analysedand ways are suggested to increase agricultural production and toexplore policies for improving production, trade, and distribution offood so that an increase in the quantity and quality of food would beavailable for all people. IFPRI has heightened its efforts to raise theawareness about emerging food security issues. In particular, its “2020Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment” initiative is aimedat promoting policy actions that will lead to food and nutritionsecurity.