The coming famine : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / Julian Cribb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cribb, Julian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

Food industry and trade.

Sustainable agriculture.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food prices and regional shortages are already sending shockwaves into the international community. But, far from outlining a doomsday scenario, The Coming Famine offers a strong and positive call to action, exploring the greatest issue of our age and providing practical suggestions for addressing each of the major challenges it raises.

Contents:

What food crisis?

Food

or war

The well runs dry

Peak land

Nutrients : the new oil

Troubled waters

Losing our brains

Eating oil

The climate hammer

Elephants in the kitchen

A fair deal for farmers

Food in the future.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.

ISBN:

9786612660801

9781282660809

1282660802

9780520947160

0520947169

OCLC:

655848185