The World Food Problem
Author:   David Grigg
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9780631176336


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   09 December 1993
Format:   Paperback
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In The World Food Problem, updadted in every respect since its first edition in 1985, David Grigg provides a full account of who is hungry, where and why.

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Author:   David Grigg
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780631176336


ISBN 10:   0631176330
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   09 December 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Figures viii List of tables x Acknowledgments xv 1 Introduction 1 2 The extent of hunger 5 3 A short history of hunger 30 4 Population and poverty 55 5 The growth of world food output 73 6 The expansion of the world’s arable land 90 7 Agricultural development in the developed countries since 1945 115 8 Tropical Africa 132 9 Latin America 170 10 Asia 200 11 Trade and aid 236 12 Conclusions 256 Noted 267 Index 299

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About the first edition:"Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis." Geographical Magazine "The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library." Geography "An excellent addition to the literature ... The book is easy to read and would be a useful textbook for courses on hunger and poverty, third-world development, and agricultural geography." Geographical Review


About the first edition: Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis. Geographical Magazine The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library. Geography An excellent addition to the literature ... The book is easy to read and would be a useful textbook for courses on hunger and poverty, third-world development, and agricultural geography. Geographical Review


Author Information

David Grigg is among the world's leading historians of agriculture in both social and economic contexts. His previous books include The Harshlands, The Agricultural Systems of the World, Population Growth and Agricultural Change, English Agriculture, and The Transformation of Agriculture.

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