Global food futures : feeding the world in 2050 / Brian Gardner.
- Gardner, Brian, 1938-
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Description
This is the first text to present a scholarly, balanced approach to the contentious area of food production and supply up to 2050 - offering a readable and well-informed account which tackles the global food situation in all its totality, from agricultural production, technological advance, dietary concerns, population changes, income trends, environmental issues, government food and agriculture policy, trade, financial markets, macroeconomics and food security. Highly accessible and written by a specialist author with experience as an agricultural analyst, policy advisor and researcher, Global Food Futures synthesises the key issues in one volume.
Publication/Creation
London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Physical description
xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Does the world face a continuous "food crisis"? -- Famine or plenty? -- World agricultural trade -- Speculation and food prices -- The pattern of food consumption -- Population growth and the demand for food -- The production response -- Impact of energy supply on food production and food prices -- Climate change and world food supply -- The world economy and the demand for food -- The increasing demand for food -- Access to food -- Food supply policies -- Sustainability of the world food production system -- Conclusion.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionHD9000.5 2013G22gOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780857851543
- 0857851543
- 9780857851550
- 0857851551