How to Feed the World
Author | : Jessica Eise |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781610918848 |
ISBN-13 | : 1610918843 |
Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How will we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering population, water, land, climate change, technology, food systems, trade, food waste and loss, health, social buy-in, communication, and equal access to food, the book reveals a complex web of challenges. Contributors unite from different perspectives and disciplines, ranging from agronomy and hydrology to economics. The resulting collection is an accessible but wide-ranging look at the modern food system.