"Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Second Edition"
addresses important issues by examining topics of global
agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the
challenges we face. Questions it addresses include: Will we be able
to produce enough food to meet the increasing dietary needs and
wants of the additional two billion people expected to inhabit our
planet by 2050?Will we be able to meet the need for so much more
food while simultaneously reducing adverse environmental effects of
today s agriculture practices?Will we be able to produce the
additional food using less land and water than we use now?
These are among the most important challenges that face our
planet in the coming decades. The broad themes of food systems and
people, agriculture and the environment, the science of
agriculture, agricultural products, and agricultural production
systems are covered in more than 200 separate chapters of this
work. The book provides information that serves as the foundation
for discussion of the food and environment challenges of the world.
An international group of highly respected authors addresses these
issues from a global perspective and provides the background,
references, and linkages for further exploration of each of topics
of this comprehensive work.
Addresses important challenges of sustainability and efficiency
from a global perspective.Takes a detailed look at the important
issues affecting the acrigultural and food industries today.Full
colour throughout."
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