The Sago Palm: The Food and Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781920901134)

In order to produce sufficient quantities of food to feed the world's growing population, we need to increase the food producing capacities of crops and to protect the environments in which they grow. Discovering untapped plant resources is an important challenge, but a haphazard increase in food production may cause environmental damage. We need foresight and must take sound appropriate actions. The sago palm is a plant that might fulfill all of these requirements. The sago palm accumulates more starch than any other plant in the world, yet, in global terms, it continues to languish in relative obscurity. The Japanese Society of Sago Palm Studies was formed in the hope of raising its profile by hosting seminars and symposiums in Japan and overseas to help it achieve the recognition it deserves. To this end, the Society's members have worked together to produce this volume, written in an easy-to-read style. [Subject: Botany, Agriculture, Conservation, Environmental Studies]

Author: Society Of Sago Palm Studies
ISBN-10: 1920901132
ISBN-13: 9781920901134
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2015
Pages: 450
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.10d