The Resource One billion hungry : can we feed the world?, Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah
One billion hungry : can we feed the world?, Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah
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- Summary
- "In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 439 pages
- Note
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- "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
- Contents
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- 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?
- Isbn
- 9780801451331
- Label
- One billion hungry : can we feed the world?
- Title
- One billion hungry
- Title remainder
- can we feed the world?
- Statement of responsibility
- Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet."--Back cover
- Cataloging source
- NIC/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Conway, Gordon
- Dewey number
- 338.1/6091724
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- S494.5.I5
- LC item number
- C663 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Wilson, Katy
- Conway, Gordon
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Agricultural innovations
- Green Revolution
- Food supply
- Food security
- Label
- One billion hungry : can we feed the world?, Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah
- Note
-
- "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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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?
- Control code
- 785722038
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 439 pages
- Isbn
- 9780801451331
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012014403
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)785722038
- Label
- One billion hungry : can we feed the world?, Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah
- Note
-
- "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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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?
- Control code
- 785722038
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 439 pages
- Isbn
- 9780801451331
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012014403
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)785722038
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