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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gordon Conway , Vernon W. Ruttan , Ismail SerageldinPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780801486104ISBN 10: 0801486106 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 17 February 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA valuable source book that outlines a comprehensive view of world food production as seen through the needs of the world's hungry. . . A book that begins with a disconcerting prediction leaves us instead with a realistic vision of a future where no one goes hungry. Boston Book Review The author provides a clear and concise guide to a key part of what is possibly the most critical question facing humanity. -New Scientist """The author provides a clear and concise guide to a key part of what is possibly the most critical question facing humanity.""-New Scientist ""A valuable source book that outlines a comprehensive view of world food production as seen through the needs of the world's hungry... A book that begins with a disconcerting prediction leaves us instead with a realistic vision of a future where no one goes hungry.""-Boston Book Review ""This book is remarkable for its comprehensive treatment of the critical food issues that confront the globe, as well as its very accessible presentation of where we've been-and where we may be headed-in the early years of the new millennium. Dr. Conway's eminently sensible approach to clarifying and addressing the real hunger issues is destined to frame the debate for many years to come.""-Per Pinstrup-Andersen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC" Author InformationSir Gordon Conway is Professor of International Development at Imperial College, London. He is the author of The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century and One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?(both from Cornell) and coauthor of Science and Innovation for Development. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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