Hunger has become ever more complex, and therefore efforts to sustainably eradicate hunger and malnutrition depend on policies and programs that match these complexities. Innovations are critical for progress. However, they require increased public and private investments as well. Key elements...

At international conferences in the 90s, the international community reconfirmed the elimination of hunger and malnutrition as high priority. The Nutrition Index (NI) presented in this paper has been designed to assess the effectiveness of actions taken towards achieving this goal. The Nutrition...

Die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen landwirtschaftlichem Wachstum, Umweltzerstörung und Armut werden konzeptionell erfaßt und für die beiden alternativen Szenarien untersucht, daß (1) eine typische ertragssteigernde Technologie bereitsteht und eingesetzt wird, oder (2) daß ohne eine solche...