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Outgrowing the Earth

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Outgrowing the Earth

By Lester R. Brown

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Historically, food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture but today that has changed: decisions made in ministries of energy may instead have the greatest effect on the food situation. Recent research reporting that a one degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce grain yields by 10 per cent means that energy policy is now directly affecting crop production. Agriculture is a water-intensive activity and, while public attention has focused on oil depletion, it is aquifer ...Show more

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9781138380103

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

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2019

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Outgrowing the Earth

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