The doubly green revolution : food for all in the 21st century
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The doubly green revolution : food for all in the 21st century
Penguin, 1997
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In 1997, over 700 million people are hungry. By 2025, the population of the developing countries alone will be approximately seven billion. This book makes a compelling case for a second green revolution, which builds upon the successful technological transformation and yield gains of the first, but which focuses on a programme of broad-based agricultural development that not only delivers food security but creates employment and income. Professor Conway aruges that sustainable argicultural ecosystems can be developed by partnerships between scientists in the developed and developing countries, and that farmers must participate more actively in the process of development. He illustrates new thinking with field-based examples, and explains the application of molecular and cellular biology in the plant breeding process. The final chapter gives an account of the World Food Summit, held in Rome in Novemer 1996.
Table of Contents
- Hunger and poverty
- the year 2020
- a doubly green revolution
- past successes
- food production and the poor
- food production and pollution
- trends and priorities
- designer plants and animals
- sustainable agriculture
- partnerships
- controlling pests
- replacing nutrients
- managing soil and water
- conserving natural resources
- achieving food security
- after the World Food Summit. Appendix: International Agricultural Research Centres.
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