The Geography of Hunger

abundance according acres Africa agrarian agricultural American anemia animal Antilles average beriberi biological birth rate Brazil British calcium calories causes cent century China Chinese chronic hunger civilization climate colonial consumption continent corn crops cultivated culture death diet dietary deficiencies disease economic elements endemic English erosion Europe European exploitation export extremely fact factors famine farm farmers fertility feudal food production food supply forced geographical German human groups important increase India Indian industrial inhabitants islands Japan Japanese John Boyd-Orr labor lack land latifundia limited malnutrition meat milk misery monoculture native natural Negro neo-Malthusian nutritional organism overpopulation peasants pellagra plantation plants population poverty problem protein deficiency Puerto Rico region result rice rickets scurvy shortage situation social soil South South America specific hunger square mile starvation starving suffer sugar terrible tion tropical undernourishment United vegetable Vitamin Vitamin D Western whole xerophthalmia zones