Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people : a challenge to science / / edited by J.C. Waterlow ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809379703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press in association with the Rank Prize Funds, 1998
• ISBN: 0-19-756111-X; 1-280-52941-5; 0-19-535449-4; 1-4294-0442-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Collana: Topics in sustainable agronomy; Oxford scholarship online
• Altri autori (Persone): WaterlowJ. C (John Conrad)
• Disciplina: 338.1/9
• Soggetti: Food supply; Agricultural innovations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Rank Prize Funds held in Ferndown, Dorset, United Kingdom, Dec. 6-9, 1996.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introductory Remarks; Part I: The Challenge; Part II: Basic Resources and Constraints; Part III: Applications for Science to Increase Yield; Part IV: The Role of Animal Products in Feeding Eight Billion People; Part V: Social Aspects; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the 1960's the steadily increasing availability of food, arising from the application of new agricultural science, has exceeded the demands created by the growth in size of the human population of the world. However, the 1990 world population of 5.5 billion is projected to grow to 10 billion by 2050. Can the future demand for food be satisfied? This book, based on the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium sponsored by the Nutrition Committee and the Trustees of the Rank Prize Funds, addresses the question of how to feed the projected population a generation from now and discusses the challenges this presents.