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It explores the continued prevalence of mass under nutrition in the developing world; acute food crises in some places associated with conflict; the emergence of over nutrition in the developing world and the vulnerability of the contemporary global food production system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe text identifies the major problems and analyses factors at international, national, and local scales to understand their continued prevalence. The book concludes by evaluating the potential of some oppositional forces to challenge the hegemony of the contemporary food system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely and original text will be invaluable to undergraduates interested in the challenges surrounding food and development. 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