The coming famine : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it

The coming famine : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it /

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...

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Main Author: Cribb, Julian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2010
Subjects:
Food supply.
Food industry and trade.
Sustainable agriculture.
Climatic changes.
Climate Change
Food Supply
climate change.
sustainable agriculture (discipline)
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