Food Security Strategies. The Asian Experience. FAO Agricultural Policy and Economic Development Series 3













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by
C. Peter Timmer
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA

FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1997

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Table of Contents


Foreword

Summary

Food Security Strategies: The Asian Experience

Food Security and the Escape from Hunger

Food Security and Economic Analysis
The Asian Approach to Food Security

Conceptualizing the Strategic Approach

Modelling the Strategic Approach

From Individual Behavior to National Aggregates
What is Feasible?
"Trickle-Down Growth"
Growth With Redistribution

Lessons from Asia

References