The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition

Preface Introduction PART I: NUTRITION POLICY AND PROGRAM 1. Using Height-For-Age Difference instead of Height-For-Age Z-Scores for the Meaningful Measurement of Catch-up Growth in Children Less Than 5 years of Age 2. Can Transfer Programs Be Made More Nutrition Sensitive? 3. The Micronutrient Deficiencies Challenge in African Food Systems 4. The Internationalization of the Obesity Epidemic: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Sodas 5. Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Lessons from food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems During Food Crises 6. Access to Adequate Nutritious Food: New Indicators to Track Progress and Inform Action PART II: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 7. Agriculture For Nutrition: Getting Policies Right 8. Is Small Farm Led Development Still a Relevant Strategy for Africa and Asia? 9. Agricultural R&D, Food Prices, Poverty, and Malnutrition redux 10. Bioeconomy: Science and Technology Policy to Harmonize Biologization of Economies with Food Security 11. Global and Local Food Systems in the GM Labeling Campaign 12. Population Increases and Agricultural Productivity PART III: GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL ECONOMY 13. Ending Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: Accelerating the Pace 14. The Present Pattern of Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa 15. Social Mobilization and Food Security: The Contribution of Organized Civil Society to Hunger Reduction Policies in Latin America 16. Distributional Impacts of the 2008 Global Food Price Spike in Vietnam 17. Independence Or Influence: Tradeoffs in Development Policy Research 18. Who Makes Global Food Policy? 19. The Implications of a Changing Climate on Global Nutrition Security