Christian Anton Smedshaug

Feeding the World in the 21st Century (eBook, PDF)

A Historical Analysis of Agriculture and Society

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Agriculture has successfully managed to increase production faster than demand for nearly one and a half centuries, and agricultural policy has developed through times of impasse during this period. This book provides and utilizes a historical understanding of the current global food situation as the basis for analyzing the ultimate challenge on how to feed an ever-expanding world of 10 billion people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857286727
• Artikelnr.: 44360991

Autorenporträt

Christian Anton Smedshaug, with a Foreword by Niek Koning

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Niek Koning
Chapter 1: Will Agriculture Succeed?
Chapter 2: Supply and Demand of Agricultural Produce
Chapter 3: Ideas of Agriculture, Trade and Society through Changing Times
Chapter 4: Agriculture and Development - What Do the History Tell?
Chapter 5: Specificities of Agriculture
Chapter 6: Lack of Food Supply
Chapter 7: What Made the Oversupply of Agricultural Products?
Chapter 8: Agriculture’s Role in Development
Chapter 9: Development's Role in Agriculture
Chapter 10: Increased Agricultural Production in Africa
Chapter 11: International Agricultural Trade Policy after WWII
Chapter 12: Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century
Chapter 13: The Challenge of the 21st Century
Chapter 14: Literature