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One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

2012 Cornell University ;ISBN: 0801451337 ;ISBN: 9780801451331 ;ISBN: 0801478022 ;ISBN: 9780801478024 ;EISBN: 0801466083 ;EISBN: 9780801466083 ;EISBN: 9780801466106 ;EISBN: 0801466105 ;DOI: 10.7591/9780801466083 ;OCLC: 922998324 ;LCCallNum: S494.5.I5C663 2012

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  • Title:
    One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?
  • Author: Conway, Gordon ; Shah, Rajiv
  • Subjects: Agricultural innovations ; Agriculture & Food ; Business ; Developing countries ; Equality ; Food ; Food security ; Food security - Developing countries ; Food supply ; Global warming ; Green Revolution ; Hunger ; Malnutrition ; Politics ; Population ; Poverty ; Prices ; Revolution ; Science ; SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Description: Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further challenges. InOne Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influentialThe Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet. Beginning with a definition of hunger and how it is calculated, and moving through issues topically both detailed and comprehensive, each chapter focuses on specific challenges and solutions, ranging in scope from the farmer's daily life to the global movement of food, money, and ideas. Drawing on the latest scientific research and the results of projects around the world, Conway addresses the concepts and realities of our global food needs: the legacy of the Green Revolution; the impact of market forces on food availability; the promise and perils of genetically modified foods; agricultural innovation in regard to crops, livestock, pest control, soil, and water; and the need to both adapt to and slow the rate of climate change.One Billion Hungrywill be welcomed by all readers seeking a multifacted understanding of our global food supply, food security, international agricultural development, and sustainability.
  • Publisher: Ithaca: Cornell University Press
  • Creation Date: 2012
  • Format: 456
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0801451337
    ISBN: 9780801451331
    ISBN: 0801478022
    ISBN: 9780801478024
    EISBN: 0801466083
    EISBN: 9780801466083
    EISBN: 9780801466106
    EISBN: 0801466105
    DOI: 10.7591/9780801466083
    OCLC: 922998324
    LCCallNum: S494.5.I5C663 2012
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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