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One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

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Description for One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 10 colour plates, 18 black & white tables, 80 charts. BIC Classification: JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further challenges. 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
676g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801478024
SKU
V9780801478024
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99-1

About Gordon Conway
Sir Gordon Conway is Professor of International Development at Imperial College London. He was previously Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department for International Development, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex. He is author of The Doubly Green Revolution and One Billion Hungry. Rajiv Shah is the Administrator of the United States ... Read more

Reviews for One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?
Sadly, the majority of the one billion hungry are smallholder farmers faced with limited opportunities to improve their livelihoods. This book promotes access to technology and, in partnership with the hungry, links evidence to policy and action. -Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO and Head of Diplomatic Mission, FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network) One Billion Hungry is ... Read more

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