The World’s Challenge: Feeding 9 Billion people
Author:   Marion Guillou ,  Gérard Matheron
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2014 ed.
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9789401785686


Pages:   226
Publication Date:   24 March 2014
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The World’s Challenge: Feeding 9 Billion people


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Author:   Marion Guillou ,  Gérard Matheron
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2014 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.354kg
ISBN:  

9789401785686


ISBN 10:   9401785686
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   24 March 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Setting the stage.- 2. Eat well, eat better.- 3. Reducing losses and waste at consumption, distribution and processing levels.- 4. Reducing post-harvest losses in developing nations.- 5. Producing other goods.- 6. Managing ecosystem services.- 7. Will there be enough land?.- 8. The need to strive for productive yet ecological agriculture.- 9. Feeding the world starts with fighting poverty.- 10. Towards a global governance of food.- Conclusion.- References.- Glossary.

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Marion Guillou has been the President of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) since 2004. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, she is an agricultural engineer and holds a doctorate in Food and Nutrition Sciences. Gérard Matheron has been the President of the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) since 2010. He is an agronomist and holds a doctorate in Quantitative Genetics.

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