The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century (Comstock Book) - Tapa blanda

Conway, Gordon

 
9780801486104: The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century (Comstock Book)
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ISBN 10: 0801486106 ISBN 13: 9780801486104
Editorial: A Comstock Book, 1999

Sinopsis

Today more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for addressing this situation. Initially published in 1997 in the United Kingdom, the book is now available in the first edition produced for the Western hemisphere. In it, the author has updated information to reflect current economic indicators. This volume includes a foreword written for the previous edition by Ismail Serageldin of the World Bank.

The original Green Revolution produced new technologies for farmers, creating food abundance. A second transformation of agriculture is now required―specifically, Gordon Conway argues, a "doubly green" revolution that stresses conservation as well as productivity. He calls for researchers and farmers to forge genuine partnerships in an effort to design better plants and animals. He also urges them to develop (or rediscover) alternatives to inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, improve soil and water management, and enhance earning opportunities for the poor, especially women.

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Acerca del autor

Sir Gordon Conway is President of the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City and Professor of International Development at Imperial College, London. An agricultural ecologist with over thirty years of experience in development programs in Asia and Africa, he pioneered Integrated Pest Management and developed the concept of sustainable agriculture. He is also the author of One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? (also from Cornell) and coauthor of Science and Innovation for Development.

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Editorial
A Comstock Book
Año de publicación
1999
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0801486106
ISBN 13 
9780801486104
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
352
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ISBN 10:  014026616X ISBN 13:  9780140266160
Editorial: Penguin Books Ltd, 1997
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