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050 1 4 _aHD9000.5
_b.M3696 2014
100 1 _aMcMahon, Paul
_q(Paul Andrew),
245 1 0 _aFeeding frenzy :
_bland grabs, price spikes, and the world food crisis /
_cPaul McMahon.
264 1 _aVancouver :
_bGreystone Books,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a314 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier.
500 _aOriginally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Profile Books Ltd as Feeding frenzy : the new politics of food.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.
505 0 _aA brief history of food -- On the brink -- The world food crisis -- Was Malthus right? -- This time is different -- Starve thy neighbour -- Trading in the wind -- Stirring the alphabet soup -- Land grabs -- How this story might end -- Better ways to feed the world.
520 _a"Feeding Frenzy traces the history of the global food system and reveals the underlying causes of recent turmoil in food markets. Supplies are running short, prices keep spiking, and the media is full of talk of a 'world food crisis.' The turmoil has unleashed some dangerous forces. Food-producing countries are banning exports even if this means starving their neighbours. Governments and corporations are scrambling to secure control over food supply chains. Powerful groups from the Middle East and Asia are acquiring farmland in poor countries to grow food for export -- what some call 'land grabs.' This raises some big questions. Can we feed a population that will grow to nine billion by 2050? Are we running out of land and water? Can we rely on free markets to provide? This book reveals trends that could lead to more hunger and conflict. But Paul McMahon also outlines actions that can be taken to shape a sustainable and just food system"--Page 4 of cover.
650 0 _aFood supply.
650 0 _aFood supply
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFood security.
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628.
730 0 _aFeeding frenzy the new politics of food.
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