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The coming famine : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / Julian Cribb.
Author
Cribb, Julian
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Language
English
Published/Created
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010.
Description
xii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Food supply
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Food industry and trade
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Sustainable agriculture
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Climatic changes
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Summary note
"In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by midcentury--which he argues would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment points to a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with an increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows that high food prices and regional shortages are already sending out shockwaves in the international community. He warns that the heightened risk of regional famines will have a planetwide effect on food prices, trade, and conflict and will generate new waves of refugees. But, far from outlining a doomsday scenario, The Coming Famine is a strong and positive call to action, exploring the greatest issue of our age and providing practical suggestions for addressing and averting each of the major challenges it raises"--Cover page [ii].
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.
Contents
What food crisis?
Food-- or war
The well runs dry
Peak land
Nutrients : the new oil
Troubled waters
Losing our brains
Eating oil
The climate hammer
Elephants in the kitchen
A fair deal for farmers
Food in the future.
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ISBN
9780520260719 ((hbk. ; : acid-free paper))
0520260716 ((hbk. ; : acid-free paper))
9780520947160 ((e-book))
0520947169 ((e-book))
9780520271234 ((pbk.))
0520271238 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2010007683
OCLC
569481107
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