Feeding a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People A Challenge to Science

Name: Feeding a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People A Challenge to Science
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ISBN: 9780195113129

ISBN-10: 0195113128

ISBN-13: 9780195113129

Edition: 1998

Authors: J. C. Waterlow, D. G. Armstrong, Leslie Fowden, Ralph Riley

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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,…

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List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/16/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Contributors


Introductory Remarks




The Challenge



Needs for Food: Are We Asking Too Much?




The Economics of Food




Basic Resources and Constraints



Land Resources and Constraints to Crop Production




Water and Food in Developing Countries in the Next Century




Energy for Agriculture in the Twenty-first Century




Applications for Science to Increase Yield



Greater Crop Production: Whence and Whither?




How and When Will Plant Biotechnology Help?




What Limits the Efficiency of Photosynthesis, and Can There Be Beneficial Improvements?




Rubisco: The Key to Improved Crop Production for a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People?




Increasing Rice Productivity by Manipulation of Starch Biosynthesis during Seed Development




Improving Yield Potential by Modifying Plant Type and Exploiting Heterosis




Developing Crops with Tolerance to Salinity and Drought Stress




Prospects for Engineering Enhanced Durable Disease Resistance in Crops




A Systems Perspective on Postharvest Losses




The Role of Animal Products in Feeding Eight Billion People



Significance of Dietary Protein Source in Human Nutrition: Animal and/or Plant Proteins?




Competition between Livestock and Mankind for Nutrients: Let Ruminants Eat Grass




Animals and the Human Food Chain




Social Aspects



Practical innovation: Partnerships between Scientists and Farmers




Productivity, Poverty Alleviation, and Food Security



Index