The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Cribb, Julian

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520271234)

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The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Cribb, Julian

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It

$29.95
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Cribb, Julian

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food prices and regional shortages are already sending shockwaves into the international community. But, far from outlining a doomsday scenario, The Coming Famine offers a strong and positive call to action, exploring the greatest issue of our age and providing practical suggestions for addressing each of the major challenges it raises.

Author: Julian Cribb
ISBN-10: 0520271238
ISBN-13: 9780520271234
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2010
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.78w x 0.65d
By Julian Cribb
By Julian Cribb
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Julian Cribb is an award-winning journalist and science writer and the author of The White Death.

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