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Feeding the World - by Vaclav Smil (Paperback)

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  • A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an expanding global population.This book addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the twenty-first century.
  • About the Author: Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba.
  • 390 Pages
  • Social Science, General

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About the Book



A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an expanding global population.



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A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an expanding global population.

This book addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the twenty-first century. He asks whether human ingenuity can produce enough food to support healthy and vigorous lives for all these people without irreparably damaging the integrity of the biosphere.

What makes this book different from other books on the world food situation is its consideration of the complete food cycle, from agriculture to post-harvest losses and processing to eating and discarding. Taking a scientific approach, Smil espouses neither the catastrophic view that widespread starvation is imminent nor the cornucopian view that welcomes large population increases as the source of endless human inventiveness. He shows how we can make more effective use of current resources and suggests that if we increase farming efficiency, reduce waste, and transform our diets, future needs may not be as great as we anticipate.

Smil's message is that the prospects may not be as bright as we would like, but the outlook is hardly disheartening. Although inaction, late action, or misplaced emphasis may bring future troubles, we have the tools to steer a more efficient course. There are no insurmountable biophysical reasons we cannot feed humanity in the decades to come while easing the burden that modern agriculture puts on the biosphere.



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"An extremely important and well-done book, produced by one of the few people in the world with the global and interdisciplinary professional breadth to write it."--Dennis T. Avery, Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute

"Rich in facts, balanced in its analysis, and well-written, Smil's book is a welcome relief from the doomsday literature that has dominated the field for far too long."--Gerhard K. Heilig, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

" An extremely important and well-done book, produced by one of the few people in the world with the global and interdisciplinary professional breadth to write it." --Dennis T. Avery, Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute

" Rich in facts, balanced in its analysis, and well-written, Smil's book is a welcome relief from the doomsday literature that has dominated the field for far too long." --Gerhard K. Heilig, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

" An extremely important and well-done book, produced by one of the few people in the world with the global and interdisciplinary professional breadth to write it." --Dennis T. Avery, Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute

" Rich in facts, balanced in its analysis, and well-written, Smil's book is a welcome relief from the doomsday literature that has dominated the field for far too long." --Gerhard K. Heilig, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

--Dennis T. Avery, Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute

--Gerhard K. Heilig, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria



About the Author



Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that "there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil."
Dimensions (Overall): 9.12 Inches (H) x 6.28 Inches (W) x .87 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.36 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 390
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Vaclav Smil
Language: English
Street Date: August 24, 2001
TCIN: 1004352217
UPC: 9780262692717
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-7163
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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