Full planet, empty plates : the new geopolitics of food scarcity /
Brown, Lester R. 1934-
Full planet, empty plates : the new geopolitics of food scarcity / Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute. - First Edition. - xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Food: the weak link -- The ecology of population growth -- Moving up the food chain -- Food or fuel? -- Eroding soils darkening our future -- Peak water and food scarcity -- Grain yields starting to plateau -- Rising temperatures, rising food prices -- China and the soybean challenge -- The global land rush -- Can we prevent a food breakdown?
9780393088915 (hardcover) 9780393344158 (pbk.)
2012031339
Food supply.
Food supply--Political aspects.
HD9000.6 / .B774 2012
338.1/9
Full planet, empty plates : the new geopolitics of food scarcity / Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute. - First Edition. - xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Food: the weak link -- The ecology of population growth -- Moving up the food chain -- Food or fuel? -- Eroding soils darkening our future -- Peak water and food scarcity -- Grain yields starting to plateau -- Rising temperatures, rising food prices -- China and the soybean challenge -- The global land rush -- Can we prevent a food breakdown?
9780393088915 (hardcover) 9780393344158 (pbk.)
2012031339
Food supply.
Food supply--Political aspects.
HD9000.6 / .B774 2012
338.1/9