The task of ending famine in India was taken up by many at the beginning of the twentieth century. Only decades earlier, famine in India had been believed to be a necessary evil. Now it was the reason for the increasing activities of doctors, nutritionists, social reformers, agricultural...

Chapter 1. Food Systems, Food Environments, and Consumer Behavior -- Chapter 2. Food Policy -- Chapter 3. Nutritious Foods, Healthy Diets, and Contributions to Health -- Chapter 4. The Multiple Burdens of Malnutrition -- Chapter 5. Transformations Across Diets and Food Systems -- Chapter 6....

Ensuring optimal diets and nutrition for the global population is a grand challenge fraught with many contentious issues. To achieve food security for all and protect health, we need functional, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Food systems are highly complex networks of individuals and...

This report explores the structure and function of the U.S. nutrition research system, with an emphasis on trends in Federal support. It describes how nutrition research is used, especially for nutrition education and communication, but also for regulation and food assistance. The report uses...

We study the effects of receipts that include personalized ordering suggestions designed to reduce fat and calorie consumption on purchasing behavior at a restaurant chain. We find that customers, in the aggregate, made most of the item substitutions that were encouraged by the messages, such as...

We study the effects of receipts that include personalized ordering suggestions designed to reduce fat and calorie consumption on purchasing behavior at a restaurant chain. We find that customers, in the aggregate, made most of the item substitutions that were encouraged by the messages, such as...

Gliederung: 1. Arbeitsauftrag. - 2. Organisation der Agrarwissenschaften in Deutschland. - 3. Forschungsförderung (3.1 Empfehlung. - 3.2 Ansätze zur Umsetzung einschl. Probleme). - 4. Konsekutive Studiengänge und das Verhältnis zwischen Universitäten und Fachhochschulen im Bereich...

This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview -- Part I: Agriculture and Food Security -- Chapter 2. Recent Development Patterns and Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture -- Chapter 3. The Role of Agriculture in China’s Development: Performance, Determinants of Successes and Future Challenges -- Chapter...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a high research focus are the economic powerhouse behind scientific and technological developments in the 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' sectors. From 2007 to 2013, FP7 projects will give SMEs the great opportunity of working...

Bringing together a range of case studies from Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Greece, this book compares and contrasts different models of food re-localization. The richness and complexity of the international case studies provide a broad...