People, Food and Resources (Hardcover)

The current problems of sub-Saharan peoples who are subject to recurrent famine and shortages of food are only one facet of a wider problem which confronts the peoples of the world. This problem, which is a vast in scale, concerns the relationship between the physical and biological resources which the world can muster and the provision of food for the adequate nutrition of its peoples. Overshadowing much of the thought about the future is the theorem propounded by Malthus almost 200 years ago, namely that population, unless checked in some way, has the capacity to outstrip the productivity of the earth in supplying food. Malthus' views are examined in this book and estimates are made of the need to increase and the possibilities of increasing both the nutritional status of the world's population and the production of food and other essentials. The enormous dilemmas that face mankind, the economic arguments that, while apparently logical, pose large moral questions, and the possible role of new scientific advances are outlined. The likely solutions to the many and vexed problems are analysed and their urgency emphasised.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1986
First published:	1986
Authors:	Kenneth Blaxter
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	132
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-32300-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-521-32300-2
Barcode:	9780521323000

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