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

Author/creator Conway, Gordon
Other author Wilson, Katy.
Other author Conway, Gordon.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates,
Descriptionxviii, 439 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

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?.
General note"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London."
General noteRev. ed. of: : The doubly green revolution : food for all in the twenty-first century / Gordon Conway.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012014403
ISBN9780801451331 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801478024 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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