One Billion Hungry : Can We Feed the World? /

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"In One 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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conway, Gordon (Author)
Other Authors: Wilson, Katy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ernährungssicherung
Lebensmittelversorgung
Grüne Revolution
Landwirtschaft
Green Revolution.
Food supply.
Food security.
Agricultural innovations.
Agriculture durable.
Productivite agricole.
Faim.
Revolution verte.
Disponibilites alimentaires.
Innovations agricoles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Food security > Developing countries.
Food supply > Developing countries.
Green Revolution > Developing countries.
Agricultural innovations > Developing countries.
Entwicklungsländer
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In One 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 influential The 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."--Back cover.
Item Description:"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London."
Physical Description:1 online resource (464 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780801466083

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