Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?
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Word Count
34,000 words, Guess
Page Count
136 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28974928M
- ISBN-139781509522002
- ISBN-10150952200X
- OCLC Control Number1028837543
- Library of Congress Control Number2018019582
Classifications
- LCCHD9000.5.H65 2018
Description
Nearly a third of the world's population suffer from hunger or malnutrition. Feeding them and the projected population of 10 billion people by 2050 has become a high-profile challenge for governments, multilateral institutions, big philanthropy and even the Fortune 500. This has unleashed a steady march of initiatives to double food production within a generation. But will doing so tax the resources of our planet beyond capacity? In this sobering essay, scholar-practitioner Eric Holt-Gim nez argues that the ecological impact of doubling industrial food production would be socially and environmentally catastrophic, and would not feed the poor. We already have the technology, resources and expertise to feed everyone. What is needed is a thorough transformation of the global food regime - one that increases equity while producing food and reversing agriculture's environmental impacts.
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