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The World's Challenge. Feeding 9 Billion People.
Guillou, Marion; Matheron, Gerard
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Description for The World's Challenge. Feeding 9 Billion People.
Paperback. This book presents how a global population of nine billion by 2050 could be fed adequately, in keeping with increasingly stringent standards of quality and with respect for the environment. It offers thought provoking insight and some surprising solutions. Num Pages: 241 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KNAC; RNFF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
If a global population of 9 billion by 2050 is to be fed adequately, more food must be produced and this in keeping with increasingly stringent standards of quality and with respect for the environment. Not to mention the land that must be set aside for the production of energy resources, industrial goods, carbon storage and the protection of biodiversity.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789402402667
SKU
V9789402402667
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Guillou, Marion; Matheron, Gerard
Marion Guillou has been the President of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) since 2004. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, she is an agricultural engineer and holds a doctorate in Food and Nutrition Sciences. Gérard Matheron has been the President of the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) since 2010. He is an agronomist and ... Read more
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