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?.