Seasonal Variability in Third World Agriculture:
The Consequences for Food Security

Edited by David E. Sahn
366 pages / 1989
Published for IFPRI by Johns Hopkins University Press

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Entire Book

    Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments

    Part I. Introduction and Summary

    Chapter 1: A Conceptual Framework for Examining the Seasonal Aspects of Household Food Security
    David E. Sahn



    Part II. The Extent and Implications of Seasonal Food Insecurity and Malnutrition

    Chapter 2: Public Health and Functional Consequences of Seasonal Hunger and Malnutrition
    Philip Payne


    Chapter 3: Seasonal Pattern of Activity and Its Nutritional Consequence in Gambia
    Mark Lawrence, F. Lawrence, T.J. Cole, W.A. Coward, J. Singh, and R.G. Whitehead
    Chapter 4: The Effect of Seasonality on Intrahousehold Food Distribution and Nutrition in Bangladesh
    Mohammed Abdullah

    Chapter 5: Seasonal Demands for Nutrient Intakes and Health Status in Rural South India
    Jere R. Behrman and Anil B. Deolalikar



    Part III. Food Acquisition Behavior, Employment, and Labor Market Considerations

    Chapter 6: Understanding the Seasonality of Employment, Wages, and Income
    Harold Alderman and David E. Sahn


    Chapter 7: Agricultural Wages in India: The Role of Health, Nutrition, and Seasonality
    Jere R. Behrman and Anil B. Deolalikar
    Chapter 8: Seasonal Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in Drought-Affected Regions of Burkina Faso
    Thomas Reardon and Peter Matlon
    Chapter 9: From Seasonal Income to Daily Diet in a Partially Commercialized Rural Economy (Southern Cameroon)
    Jane Guyer
    Chapter 10: Seasonality in Food Systems: An Anthropological Perspective on Household Food Security
    Ellen Messer

    Part IV. Grain Marketing and Price Variability

    Chapter 11: The Nature and Implications for Market Interventions of Seasonal Food Price Variability
    David E. Sahn and Christopher Delgado


    Chapter 12: Seasonality in Burkina Faso Grain Marketing: Farmer Strategies and Government Policy
    Lynn Ellsworth and Kenneth Shapiro

    Part V. The Role of Technology and Policy

    Chapter 13: Indigenous versus Introduced Solutions to Food Stress in Africa
    Jon R. Moris

    Chapter 14: The Impact of Technology and Policy on Seasonal Household Food Security in Asia
    Robert W. Herdt


    Chapter 15: The Effect of Irrigation on Seasonal Rice Prices, Farm Income, and Labor Demand in Thailand
    Dow Mongkolsmai and Mark W. Rosegrant
    Chapter 16: The Impact of Drought and Technological Change in Rice Production on Intrayear Fluctuations in Food Consumption: The Case of North Arcot, India
    Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Mauricio Jaramillo
    Chapter 17: The Role of Agricultural Research and Secondary Food Crops in Reducing Seasonal Food Insecurity
    Richard Longhurst and Michael Lipton

    Part VI. Policy Implications

    Chapter 18: Policy Recommendations for Improving Food Security
    David E. Sahn


    References

    Contributors

    Index


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