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A New Idea Each Morning : How food and agriculture came together in one international organisation / Wendy Way.

Way, Wendy (författare)
ISBN 9781922144119
Publicerad: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2013
Copyright: ©2013
Engelska online resource (xxiv, 350 sidor)
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  • Introduction -- PART A : VISIONS OF EMPIRE – Prologue -- 1. Renmark -- 2. Working with Bruce -- 3. A Vision of Empire -- 4. The Vision Ends -- PART B : THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS -- Prologue -- 5. The Wheat Crisis of the 1930s -- 6. ‘The Marriage of Health and Agriculture’ -- 7. A Vision for the League of Nations -- PART C : A NEW DEAL FOR THE WORLD -- Prologue -- 8. The War of Ideas -- 9. ‘A Keen Outsider’ -- 10. ‘A New Era in the World’s History’. 
  • In the years between the two world wars of the twentieth century leaders in Western countries worried about a food surplus. The hardships of the Great Depression were intensified by a glut of wheat and consequent low prices on the world market. Yet at the same time nutrition scientists protested that significant proportions of populations, even in affluent countries, were unable to afford a diet ‘adequate for health’. Fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products and meat were out of reach for the poor. This book traces the work of three men who sought to bring together the interests of farmers and the needs of the hungry: scientist and passionate campaigner for better nutrition, John Boyd Orr; Australian politician and international statesman, Stanley Melbourne Bruce; and Economic Adviser to Bruce at the Australian High Commission in London, Frank Lidgett McDougall. Bruce once said ‘McDougall brings me a new idea every morning’. One of those ideas became the genesis of their work, which helped bring about the formation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. All three undertook significant roles in the formative years of the organisation. The story of this contribution to the international world order is little known. The cooperation, diplomacy and persistence of these men provides inspiration for tackling the alarming prospect of food shortages in the present century. 

Ämnesord

Internationellt samarbete  (sao)
Livsmedelsförsörjning  (sao)
International Agencies  (MeSH)
Food Supply  (MeSH)
Agriculture  (MeSH)
International Cooperation  (MeSH)
Food supply  (LCSH)
International cooperation  (LCSH)

Personnamn

Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, Baron, 1880-1971
Bruce of Melbourne, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount, 1883-1967
McDougall, F. L. (Frank Lidgett), 1884-1958
Boyd-Orr, John, 1st baron, 1880-1971

Institutionsnamn

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Qd:bf Lantbruk: institutioner
Obfk:bf FN : särskilda fackorgan

Klassifikation

327.17 (DDC)
Qd:bf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (kssb/8)
Obfk:bf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (kssb/8)
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