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One billion hungry : can we feed the world? / Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2012.Description: xvii, 439 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801451331 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801478024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1/6091724 23
LOC classification:
  • S494.5.I5 C663 2012
Contents:
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?.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks S494.5 .I5 C663 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001212447

"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?.

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