One Billion Hungry : : Can We Feed the World? /

One Billion Hungry : : Can We Feed the World? / / Gordon Conway.

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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 c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Conway, Gordon,
MitwirkendeR:
Shah, Rajiv,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.) :; 8-page color insert, 10 halftones, 18 tables, 80 charts/graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editorial Note
  • Part I
  • 1. Acute and Chronic Crises
  • 2. What is Hunger?
  • 3. The Green Revolution
  • 4. The Political Economy of Food Security
  • Part II
  • 5. A Doubly Green Revolution
  • 6. Sustainable Intensification
  • 7. Appropriate Technology
  • 8. Creating Markets
  • Part III
  • 9. Designer Crops
  • 10. The Livestock Revolution
  • 11. Farmers as Innovators
  • Part IV
  • 12. Controlling Pests
  • 13. Rooted in the Soil
  • 14. Sustained by Water
  • 15. Adapting to Climate Change
  • 16. Reducing Green house Gases
  • 17. Conclusion: Can We Feed the World?
  • References
  • Index

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