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Title:
The coming famine : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it
Author:
Cribb, Julian.
ISBN:
9780520947160

9781282660809
Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps
Abstract:
In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food pri.
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