Feeding the Ten Billion Plants and Population Growth

Name: Feeding the Ten Billion Plants and Population Growth
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ISBN: 9780521646857

ISBN-10: 0521646855

ISBN-13: 9780521646857

Edition: 1998

Authors: Lloyd T. Evans

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At the current rate of increase, Earth's population may reach 10 billion by the mid-21st century. What will be the challenges posed by feeding these billions and how can they be addressed?

Book details

List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/5/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction: timebomb or treadmill?



Reaching five million (to 8000 BC)



Towards fifty million (8000 BC-2000 BC)



The first half billion (2000 BC-1500 AD)



The first billion (1500-1825)



The second billion (1825-1927)



The third billion (1927-1960)



The fourth billion (1960-1975)



The fifth billion (1975-1986)



The sixth billion (1986-1998)



What the world eats now



Feeding the ten billion


Epilogue


References


Acronyms and abbreviations


Index