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Author:

Conway, Gordon.

Title:

One billion hungry : can we feed the world? / Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah.

Publisher:

Comstock Pub. Associates,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xvii, 439 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Agricultural innovations--Developing countries.
Green Revolution--Developing countries.
Food supply--Developing countries.
Food security--Developing countries.

Other Authors:

Wilson, Katy.
Conway, Gordon. Doubly green revolution.

Notes:

"Published with the support of Agriculture for Impact, Imperial College, London." Rev. ed. of: : The doubly green revolution : food for all in the twenty-first century / Gordon Conway. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Acute and chronic crises -- What is hunger? -- The Green Revolution -- The political economy of food security -- A doubly green revolution -- Sustainable intensification -- Appropriate technology -- Creating markets -- Designer crops -- The livestock revolution -- Farmers as innovators -- Controlling pests -- Rooted in the soil -- Sustained by water -- Adapting to climate change -- Reducing greenhouse gases -- Can we feed the world?.

ISBN:

0801478022 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801478024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801451337 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801451331 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2012014403

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)