The politics of food scarcities in developing countries

Bibliographic Data

ID6270141
AuthorsNorman K Nicholson, John D Esseks, J Dixon Esseks
Year1978
Volume32
Issue3
Pages679-719
Publication date1978-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020818300031908
OpenAlexW2144704748
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited22

Barring the global catastrophe envisioned by the Club of Rome, poverty will prove a more intractable problem than low productivity in the Third World. Much greater attention will have to be paid to the distribution of income, jobs, and foodgrains in the future if increases in production are to actually reduce hunger. The failure of many countries to manage their food supplies adequately and to provide basic food security to their populations is explained both by an urban bias in planning and by the sheer administrative complications and costs of stabilizing the foodgrains markets. For many countries dependency was politically easier. Major efforts to increase basic food production are essential in most developing countries, but the political adjustments associated with that decision may be difficult. The institutional patterns required to induce an agricultural revolution will challenge existing patterns of power and social stratification

Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Business · Club · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food processing · Food security · Geography · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Production (economics · Productivity · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

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