Screen LibraryAgriculture, climate change and food security in the 21st century : our daily bread /
"With the global adoption of the 'green revolution' in the 1970s, the long historical legacy of agriculture's boom and bust cycle seemed - finally - to be put on hold. It appeared as though the apocalyptic nightmare of famine had been vanquished. However, now, man-made climate ch...
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"With the global adoption of the 'green revolution' in the 1970s, the long historical legacy of agriculture's boom and bust cycle seemed - finally - to be put on hold. It appeared as though the apocalyptic nightmare of famine had been vanquished. However, now, man-made climate change poses a new and immediate crisis - from Syria to South Sudan - how do we feed the 10 billion people likely to inhabit the planet by 2050? How do we continue to feed, sustainably, the 7.5 billion of us that are already here? How do we do so in a climate that is becoming increasing hostile to food security? This b |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-278) and index. |
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9781527503144 (hardback) : 1527503143 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HD9000 |
| CLC: | TS201.6 |
| Call Number: | TS201.6/Z81 |