One Billion hungry : can we feed the world ? /

Conway, Gordon.

One Billion hungry : can we feed the world ? / Gordon Conway with Katy Wilson ; foreword by Rajiv Shah. - London : Cornell University Press , 2012. - xvii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes references and index

Acute and chronic crises -- What is hunger? -- The Green revolution -- The Political economy of food security - A Doubly green revolution -- Sustainable intensification -- Appropriate technology -- Creating markets --Designer crops -- The Livestock revolution -- Farmers as innovators -- Controlling pests -- Rooted in the soil -- Sustained by water -- Adapting to climate change -- Reducing greenhouse gases .

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Agricultural innovations--Developing countries
Green Revolution--Developing countries.
Food supply--Developing countries.
Food security--Developing countries.