Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture by Madeley, John

Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842770191)

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Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture by Madeley, John

Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture

$47.95
Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture by Madeley, John

Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture

$47.95
Format: Paperback
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What kind of agriculture do we need to feed the world? World leaders have committed themselves to halving hunger by the year 2015 as a first step towards food for all. But is this an achievable target?

John Madeley's new book shows we already have the experience on which to base a new approach to agricultural production and feeding the world's whole population. Millions need better access to the land from which the market forced them, and a more equitable income distribution so that the poor can afford the available food. This is part of the solution. But the other part is an innovative, multi-faceted move away from a monoculture production system dependent on ever more tractors and fossil fuels, dangerous chemicals, and hybrid seeds monopolized by a handful of giant corporations.

Instead, he shows it is feasible to look to the spread of a low-external input approach, a reintegration of traditional farming techniques, new farming practices like organic agriculture and permaculture, and a range of 'green' technologies which can all play a role in bringing world agriculture back to a path which offers a viable livelihood to farmers, food for the hungry, and all without harming the environment.

Author: John Madeley
ISBN-10: 1842770195
ISBN-13: 9781842770191
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.86h x 5.20w x 0.64d
By John Madeley
By John Madeley
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John Madeley has been a writer and broadcaster specializing in Third World development and environmental issues for the past twenty years. From 1983 to 1998, he was editor of the renowned magazine, International Agricultural Development. A contributor to leading British papers including the Observer, the Guardian, and the Financial Times, he has also written for many voluntary organizations including Christian Aid, CAFOD, the Catholic Institute for International Relations, the Panos Institute, and the Swedish-based Forum Syd. His other books include Big Business, Poor Peoples (1996, 2009) and Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade (2000).
John Madeley has been a writer and broadcaster specializing in Third World development and environmental issues for the past twenty years. From 1983 to 1998, he was editor of the renowned magazine, International Agricultural Development. A contributor to leading British papers including the Observer, the Guardian, and the Financial Times, he has also written for many voluntary organizations including Christian Aid, CAFOD, the Catholic Institute for International Relations, the Panos Institute, and the Swedish-based Forum Syd. His other books include Big Business, Poor Peoples (1996, 2009) and Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade (2000).

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