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Feeding the World

Paperback • 2001 • English

Feeding the World

By Vaclav Smil

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About the book

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. He 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.What makes this book different from other books on the world food situation is its consideration of the complete food cycle, from agriculture to post-harvest loss...Show more

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ISBN

9780262692717

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

Feeding the World

Format

Paperback

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