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1 online resource (297 pages)
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9780195354492
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Topics in Sustainable Agronomy Ser
Inhalt:
Since the 1960s, breakthroughs in agriculture have made it possible to satisfy the world's increasing requirements for food. Can this trend continue over the next thirty years when the world population is projected to exceed eight billion? This book takes a critical look at the immediate challenges for feeding the population just a generation from now. Based on the 10th International Symposium sponsored by the Nutrition Committee and the Trustees of the Rank Prize Funds, the volume examines the full range of related issues, from food economics to resource allocation and crop yields. Beginning with an analysis of future food needs, the articles cover basic resources and constraints, applications of science to increase yield, the role of animal products in feeding eight billion people, and diverse social issues. The book provides insights into some of the most important questions we will be faced with in the coming years, making it an invaluable resource for a wide range of researchers in agriculture, the environment, and public policy.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introductory Remarks -- Part I: The Challenge -- 1 Needs for Food: Are We Asking Too Much? -- 2 The Economics of Food -- Part II: Basic Resources and Constraints -- 3 Land Resources and Constraints to Crop Production -- 4 Water and Food in Developing Countries in the Next Century -- 5 Energy for Agriculture in the Twenty-first Century -- Part III: Applications for Science to Increase Yield -- 6 Greater Crop Production: Whence and Whither? -- 7 How and When Will Plant Biotechnology Help? -- 8 What Limits the Efficiency of Photosynthesis, and Can There Be Beneficial Improvements? -- 9 Rubisco: The Key to Improved Crop Production for a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People? -- 10 Increasing Rice Productivity by Manipulation of Starch Biosynthesis during Seed Development -- 11 Improving Yield Potential by Modifying Plant Type and Exploiting Heterosis -- 12 Developing Crops with Tolerance to Salinity and Drought Stress -- 13 Prospects for Engineering Enhanced Durable Discase Resistance in Crops -- 14 A Systems Perspective on Postharvest Losses -- Part IV: The Role of Animal Products in Feeding Eight Billion People -- 15 Significance of Dietary Protein Source in Human Nutrition: Animal and/or Plant Proteins? -- 16 Competition between Livestock and Mankind for Nutrients: Let Ruminants Eat Grass -- 17 Animals and the Human Food Chain -- Part V: Social Aspects -- 18 Practical innovation: Partnerships between Scientists and Farmers -- 19 Productivity, Poverty Alleviation, and Food Security -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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ISBN 9780195113129
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people New York, NY [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 1998 ISBN 0195113128
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Print version Feeding a World Population of More than Eight Billion People A Challenge to Science
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Englisch
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