Food and Development

 Sub-national perspectives

Learning outcomes

At the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to:

•  Explain with reference to case studies the limitations of national-level statistics

•  Explain why the urban–rural dichotomy is problematic

•  Describe and explain some significant sub-national patterns of nutritional diversity with reference to case studies

•  Understand the role of political and economic relations to the construction of sub-national entitlements

•  Describe the diversity within the ‘rural poor’, category and explain the multidimensional character of their poverty

•  Describe how some previously marginalized communities are ...