FEEDING THE WORLD by Smil, Vaclav ISBN 0262692716
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Addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the 21st century. The book asks whether human ingenuity can produce enough food to support healthy lives without irreparably damaging the integrity of the biosphere.
This book addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the twenty-first century. Vaclav Smil asks whether human ingenuity can produce enough food to support healthy and vigorous lives for all these people without irreparably damaging the integrity of the biosphere. The book differs from other books on the world food situation in its consideration of the complete food cycle, from agriculture to post-harvest losses and processing to eating and discarding. Taking a scientific approach, Smil espouses neither the catastrophic view that widespread starvation is imminent nor the comucopian view that welcomes large population increases as the source of endless human inventiveness. He shows how we can make more effective use of current resources and suggests that if we increase farming efficiency, reduce waste, and transform our diets, future needs may not be as great as we anticipate. Smil's message is that the prospects may not be as bright as we would like, but the outlook is hardly disheartening.
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[edit] Title
FEEDING THE WORLD
[edit] Author
Smil, Vaclav
[edit] ISBN
0262692716
[edit] Published
31/10/2001
[edit] Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
[edit] Binding
paperback
[edit] Retail Price
14.95 (GBP)
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