In The World Food Problem, updadted in every respect since its first edition in 1985, David Grigg provides a full account of who is hungry, where and why.

About the first edition: "Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis." Geographical Magazine "The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library." Geography "An excellent addition to the literature ... The book is easy to read and would be a useful textbook for courses on hunger and poverty, third-world development, and agricultural geography." Geographical Review

David Grigg is among the world's leading historians of agriculture in both social and economic contexts. His previous books include The Harshlands, The Agricultural Systems of the World, Population Growth and Agricultural Change, English Agriculture, and The Transformation of Agriculture.

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. The Extent of Hunger. 3. A Short History of Hunger. 4. Population and Poverty. 5. The Growth of World Food Output. 6. The Expansion of the World's Arable Land. 7. Agricultural Development in Developed Countries Since 1945. 8. Tropical Africa. 9. Latin America. 10. Asia. 11. Trade and Aid. 12. Conclusions. 13. Index.