One billion hungry.
Conway, Gordon.;
One billion hungry. Can we feed the world? Edited by Conway,Gordon and Wilson,Katy; foreword by Shah,Rajiv; - London. Comstock Pub. Associates, 2012. - xvii,439p; ill.(some col.) ; 24cm.
"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London."
Includes; bibliographical references and index.
Acute and chronic crises -- What is hunger? -- The Green Revolution -- The political economy of food security -- A doubly green revolution -- Sustainable intensification -- Appropriate technology -- Creating markets -- Designer crops -- The livestock revolution -- Farmers as innovators -- Controlling pests -- Rooted in the soil -- Sustained by water -- Adapting to climate change -- Reducing greenhouse gases -- Conclusion : can we feed the world?.
9780801451331 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801478024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012014403
Agriculture.
S494.5.I5 / C663 2012
943.9CON 2012
One billion hungry. Can we feed the world? Edited by Conway,Gordon and Wilson,Katy; foreword by Shah,Rajiv; - London. Comstock Pub. Associates, 2012. - xvii,439p; ill.(some col.) ; 24cm.
"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London."
Includes; bibliographical references and index.
Acute and chronic crises -- What is hunger? -- The Green Revolution -- The political economy of food security -- A doubly green revolution -- Sustainable intensification -- Appropriate technology -- Creating markets -- Designer crops -- The livestock revolution -- Farmers as innovators -- Controlling pests -- Rooted in the soil -- Sustained by water -- Adapting to climate change -- Reducing greenhouse gases -- Conclusion : can we feed the world?.
9780801451331 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801478024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012014403
Agriculture.
S494.5.I5 / C663 2012
943.9CON 2012