The second volume in a series designed to keep agricultural leadersabreast of the most up-to-date information concerning globalagriculture, Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture, Volume2 brings together cutting-edge agricultural research and thelatest views on agricultural policy. Written by internationallyrenowned researchers, scientists, and academics, Volume 2 includes:* The UN's approaches to address global food security andpoverty* * An essay by the World Food Prize Laureat* * Globalization, emerging diseases, and invasive specie* * Environmental sustainability* * Plant-derived vaccines, antibiotic bans, and healthimpacts* * The future of agricultural biotechnology* * The pivotal role of agriculture in human developmen* * Global agricultural statistics and projectionsAimed at faculty, undergraduate and graduate students incolleges of agriculture, policy makers, government and industryscientists, public libraries, farmers and agribusiness operators,this book is key to keeping current on agricultural research andpolicy.

Foreword (Kenneth M. Quinn).Preface.Acknowledgements..Section I: Frontiers in Addressing World Hunger andPoverty.1. Introduction to the Millennium Development Goals.2. The Human Development report 2003 (Sakiko Fukuda-Parr).3. World Food Day Remarks: Agricultural Productivity in theDeveloping World (Andrew S. Natsios).4. The Millennium Compact and the End of Hunger (Jeffrey D.Sachs).5. Globalization and World Hunger: An Independent Monitoring ofProgress (Per Pinstrup-Andersen).6. Defeating Hunger and Famine: The View from Africa (H.E.Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa).7. How to Reduce Poverty and Malnutrition Through Science andTechnology (Ann Veneman).8. Feeding the World: The View from Iowa (Tom Vilsack).9. Donor Role in Agriculture and Rural Development and in HungerReduction (Kevin Cleaver).10. Environmental Sustainability and Food Security (JeffreyMcNeely).11. Toward a Hunger-Free World: The Final Milestone (M.S.Swaminathan).12. Global Health and Food Security: Imperatives for the Future(Ady Barkan and Josh Ruxin).13. Ending Hunger in America (H. Eric Schockman).Section II: Frontiers in Addressing Health andNutrition.14. Educate Girls (Catherine Bertini).15. Plant-Derived Vaccines to Overcome Current Constraints inGlobal Immunization (Charles J. Arntzen, Guruatma Khalsa, adnRichard T. Mahoney).16. The Effect of Banning Antibiotics for Growth Promotion inPoultry and Swine Production in Denmark (Hanne-Dorthe Embog andHenridk C. Wegener).17. Implications of More Restricted Antimicrobial Access Policy:Issues Related to U.S. Pork Production (Dermot J. Hayes and HelenH. Jensen).Section III: Frontiers in Food, Agriculture, and GlobalClimate Change.18. Global Warming and Agriculture (Cynthia Rosenzweig andDaniel Hillel).19. Technological Choice and the Changing Structure ofAgriculture: Farming to Sequester Carbon and Reduce Global Warming(Luther Tweeten and Mariah Tanner).Section IV: Frontiers in Agriculture and Rural Development inIndustrialized Countries.20. Farm Programs and Agricultural Choices in Rural America(B4uce A. Babcock).21. A Time for Change in U.S. Rural Policy (MarkDrabenstott).22. Agriculture - A Short History (from Demestication toPresent) (Colin S. Scanes and Richard L. Willham).Section V: trends and Outlook for World Food andAgriculture.23. Factors Affecting World Agriculture (John Beghin, JayFabiosa, Fengxia Dong, Amani El Obeid, Frank Fuller, Chad Hart,Holger Matthey, Alexander Saak, Simla Tokgoz, Seth Meyer, and EricWailes).Index.