Feeding the World
Subtitle: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780262194327
Subjects: Environmental economics; Management of land & natural resources; Social issues; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Business/Economics; Agriculture - General; Environmental Science; General; Science / Environmental Science; Agricultural productivity; Food Supply
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.