Can we feed the world without destroying it? / Eric Holt-Giménez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt-Giménez, Eric, author.

Series:

Global futures series

Global futures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Environmental aspects.

Food supply.

Agriculture and state--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture and state.

Sustainable agriculture.

Hunger.

Physical Description:

vii, 140 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018.

Summary:

Nearly a third of the world's population suffer from hunger or malnutrition. Feeding them and the projected population of 10 billion people by 2050 has become a high-profile challenge for governments, multilateral institutions, big philanthropy and even the Fortune 500. This has unleashed a steady march of initiatives to double food production within a generation. But will doing so tax the resources of our planet beyond capacity? In this sobering essay, scholar-practitioner Eric Holt-Gim nez argues that the ecological impact of doubling industrial food production would be socially and environmentally catastrophic, and would not feed the poor. We already have the technology, resources and expertise to feed everyone. What is needed is a thorough transformation of the global food regime - one that increases equity while producing food and reversing agriculture's environmental impacts.

Contents:

Introduction: the politics, power and potential of food

Hunger in a world of plenty

Food, environment, and systems change

Who can feed the world without destroying it?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Holt-Giménez, Eric. Can we feed the world without destroying it?

ISBN:

9781509522002

150952200X

9781509522019

1509522018

OCLC:

1028837543