304 pages / 2003
$55.00 hardcover / ISBN 0-8018-7725-3
$19.95 paperback / ISBN 0-8018-7726-1
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At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our lifetime. They first distill what is already known about fighting hunger and then report on important new research findings and projections that show it can be done, through new and renewed institutions, scientific innovation, global economics and investment, and sustainable environmental practices. Although the book encompasses a wide array of ideas, arguments, facts, and figures, it is not a dry, academic text. Anyone wanting a better understanding of poverty and hunger and how to end it will benefit from reading it.
The text is strikingly illustrated with photographs by the renowned Brazilian photographer, Sebastião Salgado.
"This exceptionally accessible, convincing, and compelling book makes the case that through well directed scientific R&D and sustainable technology transfer, global investment, and the institutional change and renewal that must complement and can accelerate scientific and economic progress, global food security can be accomplished.
... an important contribution that, through its excellence in clearly communicating complex economic ideas, really could change the world."
-- Katherine R. Smith, Chair, 2003/2004 American Agricultural Economics Association Awards Committee
"Every few years a book comes along that is a must read for agricultural economists interested in international agricultural development, but that also succeeds in reaching the broader audience of interested practitioners and policymakers... Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime is just such a book. Drawing on their complementary knowledge and expertise, Runge, Senauer, Pardey, and Rosegrant do an excellent job of distilling for a broad audience what we know about hunger, its relationship to poverty, population, nutrition/health, trade, and the environment, and what it will take to transform current development trends to truly make progress against hunger.... The book should be on the shelves of all those who have an interest in world hunger issues."
--Agricultural Economics 32 (3): 329 (Book reviews 2005)"A very effective synthesis and exposition of the issues related to food security. I know of no other work that brings the various threads of the food security issue together under one cover. It is well written and might even be able to capture the attention of that mythical individual -- the very busy policy maker. I would guess that it might also find substantial classroom use."
-- Vernon W. Ruttan, Regents Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota."Despite its breadth and complexity, the book argues clearly and readably that we know a lot about how to reduce hunger... It is a hard assessment of what we know and what we can expect in the decades ahead."
-- from the foreword by Joachim von Braun, director general, International Food Policy Research Institute, and David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World
C. Ford Runge is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Law at the University of Minnesota, where he also holds appointments in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Department of Forest Resources.
Benjamin Senauer is a Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. He is currently Co-Director of The Food Industry Center at the University.
Philip G. Pardey is Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002 he was a senior research fellow at IFPRI.
Mark W. Rosegrant is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and has a joint appointment as a Principal Researcher with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
The Foreword of this book is available for download in PDF format.
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Foreword