The end of plenty : the race to feed a crowded world / Joel K. Bourne Jr.

  • Bourne, Joel K., Jr.
Date:
[2015]
  • Books

About this work

Description

Looks at the state of the food supply and food security in a world of rapidly expanding population, outlining the tremendous challenges humanity faces in the near future, and the scientists and farmers working to meet them in the face of a changing climate.

Publication/Creation

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]

Physical description

408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

First ediiton.

Contents

The erstwhile agronomist -- The curse -- Famine's lethal lessons -- The Green Revolution : food, sex, and war -- The plight of the Punjab -- China : landraces and Lamborghinis -- Food, fuel, and profit -- The gauntlet -- The Blue Revolution -- Back in the USSR -- The blooming desert -- Magic seeds : feeding shareholders or the world? -- Organic agriculture : feeding the rich or enriching the poor? -- The Malawi miracle -- The grand "Desiderata."

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-392) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA695 2015B77e
    		Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780393079531
  • 0393079538