Full planet, empty plates : the new geopolitics of food scarcity / Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute.
By: Brown, Lester Russell
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2012]Edition: First Edition.General Notes: Includes index.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393088915 (hardcover); 039308891X (hardcover); 9780393344158 (pbk.); 0393344150 (pbk.).Subject(s): Food supply | Food supply -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 338.1/9 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.19 B813 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003621034 |
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Food: the weak link -- The ecology of population growth -- Moving up the food chain -- Food or fuel? -- Eroding soils darkening our future -- Peak water and food scarcity -- Grain yields starting to plateau -- Rising temperatures, rising food prices -- China and the soybean challenge -- The global land rush -- Can we prevent a food breakdown?
Explores the geopolitics of food scarcity. Presents an effort to raise public understanding of the challenges of food shortage and be an inspiration to action.
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