Feeding the world : a challenge for the twenty-first century

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Label

Feeding the world : a challenge for the twenty-first century

Title remainder

a challenge for the twenty-first century

Statement of responsibility

Vaclav Smil

Creator

• Smil, Vaclav

Subject

• Agricultural productivity
• Agricultural productivity
• Agriculture - Productivité
• Agriculture -- Productivité
• Agriculture -- Productivité
• Aliments - Approvisionnement
• Aliments -- Approvisionnement
• Aliments -- Approvisionnement
• Ernährungssicherung
• Agrarproduktion
• Food supply
• Food supply
• Landbouw
• Lebensmittelproduktion
• Productiviteit
• Toekomstverwachtingen
• Voedselvoorziening
• Weltbevölkerung
• Welternährung
• Food

Language

eng

Summary

"This 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 cornucopian 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."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

338.1/9

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

S494.5.P75

LC item number

S55 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography