Detalls del llibre
This book differs from other books on the world food situation in its consideration of the complete food cycle, from agriculture to post-harvest losses and processing to eating and discarding. Taking a scientific approach, Smil espouses neither the catastrophic view that widespread starvation is imminent nor the cornucopian view that welcomes large population increases as the source of endless human inventiveness. He shows how we can make more effective use of current resources and suggests that if we increase farming efficiency, reduce waste, and transform our diets, future needs may not be as great as we anticipate.
Smil's message is that the prospects may not be as bright as we would like, but the outlook is hardly disheartening. Although inaction, late action, or misplaced emphasis may bring serious future troubles, we have the tools to steer a more efficient course. There are no insurmountable biophysical reasons we cannot feed humanity in the decades to come while easing the burden that modern agriculture puts on the biosphere.
- Enquadernació Altres
- Autor/s Smil, Vaclav
- ISBN13 9780262194327
- ISBN10 0262194325
- Pàgines 360
- Any Edició 2000
Feeding the world (A challenge for the Twenty-first Century)
- Autor/a Vaclav Smil
- Editorial MIT
- ISBN 9780262194327
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