Feeding a world population of more than eight billion people : a challenge to science /

Since the 1960s the steadily increasing availability of food, arising from the application of new agricultural science, has exceeded the demands created by the growth in size of the human population of the world. However, the 1990 world population of 5.5 billion is projected to grow to 10 billion by...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Rank Prize Funds (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors:	Waterlow, J. C. (John Conrad) (Editor), Armstrong, D. G. (Editor), Fowden, Leslie, 1925-2008 (Editor), Riley, Ralph (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:	Topics in sustainable agronomy.
Subjects:	Food supply. Agricultural innovations. Agriculture > Innovations. Aliments > Approvisionnement. Agricultural innovations Food supply Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Since the 1960s the steadily increasing availability of food, arising from the application of new agricultural science, has exceeded the demands created by the growth in size of the human population of the world. However, the 1990 world population of 5.5 billion is projected to grow to 10 billion by 2050. Can the future demand for food be satisfied? This book, based on the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium sponsored by the Nutrition Committee and the Trustees of the Rank Prize Funds, addresses the question of how to feed the projected population a generation from now and discusses the challenges this presents.
Item Description:	Based on papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Rank Prize Funds held in Ferndown, Dorset, United Kingdom, 6th-9th December 1996. Previously issued in print: 1998.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : illustrations.
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780197561119 (ebook) 019756111X (ebook)