Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people : a challenge to science / edited by J.C. Waterlow, D.G. Armstrong, Sir Leslie Fowden and Sir Ralph Riley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waterlow, J. C. (John Conrad), editor.

Armstrong, D. G., editor.

Fowden, Leslie, 1925-2008, editor.

Riley, Ralph, editor.

Rank Prize Funds, sponsoring body.

Series:

Topics in sustainable agronomy

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

Agricultural innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Since the 1960s the steadily increasing availability of food, arising from the application of new agricultural science, has exceeded the demands created by the growth in size of the human population of the world. However, the 1990 world population of 5.5 billion is projected to grow to 10 billion by 2050. Can the future demand for food be satisfied? This book, based on the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium sponsored by the Nutrition Committee and the Trustees of the Rank Prize Funds, addresses the question of how to feed the projected population a generation from now and discusses the challenges this presents.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Rank Prize Funds held in Ferndown, Dorset, United Kingdom, 6th-9th December 1996.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197561119

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.