Politics of Food, The (4 Parts)

Synopsis: 1: Studies the high level of hunger and malnutrition in Sudan.
2: Looks at the relationship between the Western farmer and the peasants of the Third World and examines how decisions made in the US and Europe affect the lives of workers in Bangladesh and Brazil.
3: Looks at the millions of Brazilians who are underfed despite the high industrialisation embraced by the country as an American model.
4: Shows two contrasting societies trying to feed their people. Bangladesh, fertile and well suited to growing crops, has become heavily dependent on food and economic aid from the West: yet millions are still hungry. The Indian state of Kerala with little support from the West feeds its own population and has an excellent health service.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col 4 x 52 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: out of distribution; 1996 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p) series (AVP)
Subjects: Agriculture; Development studies
Keywords: agricultural development; Bangladesh; Brazil; developing countries; India; international aid; Sudan

Title: Unnecessary famine, An
Synopsis: 1: Studies the high level of hunger and malnutrition in Sudan.
Title: Hunger machine, The
Synopsis: 2: Looks at the relationship between the Western farmer and the peasants of the Third World and examines how decisions made in the US and Europe affect the lives of workers in Bangladesh and Brazil.
Title: Battle for the land
Synopsis: 3: Looks at the millions of Brazilians who are underfed despite the high industrialisation embraced by the country as an American model.
Title: Aid trap, The
Synopsis: 4: Shows two contrasting societies trying to feed their people. Bangladesh, fertile and well suited to growing crops, has become heavily dependent on food and economic aid from the West: yet millions are still hungry. The Indian state of Kerala with littl

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