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How to feed the world : the history and future of food / Vaclav Smil.
Lippincott Library HD9000.5 .S65 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smil, Vaclav, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- Agricultural productivity.
- sustainable agriculture (discipline).
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First United States edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Viking, 2025.
- Summary:
- In this myth-busting book, a scientist investigates why big food-producing countries also have the most undernourished populations; why food goes to waste and how to prevent it; whether the planet could and should go vegan; and how to feed a growing population without killing the planet.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-247) and index.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: 9780241645406 Smil, Vaclav. London : Penguin Viking, 2024
- ISBN:
- 9780593834510
- 0593834518
- OCLC:
- 1499351293
- Publisher Number:
- 90101583172
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