One billion hungry : can we feed the world? /
Conway, Gordon.
One billion hungry : can we feed the world? / Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2012. - xvii, 439 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 23 cm.
"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London." Rev. ed. of: : The doubly green revolution : food for all in the twenty-first century / Gordon Conway.
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
Agricultural innovations--Developing countries.
Green Revolution--Developing countries.
Food supply--Developing countries.
Food security--Developing countries.
S494.5.I5 / C663 2012
338.1/6091724
One billion hungry : can we feed the world? / Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2012. - xvii, 439 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 23 cm.
"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London." Rev. ed. of: : The doubly green revolution : food for all in the twenty-first century / Gordon Conway.
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
Agricultural innovations--Developing countries.
Green Revolution--Developing countries.
Food supply--Developing countries.
Food security--Developing countries.
S494.5.I5 / C663 2012
338.1/6091724