Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?

by Eric Holt-Giménez

Book Overview

Nearly a third of the world's population suffers from hunger or malnutrition. Feeding them - and the projected population of 10 billion people by 2050 - has become a high-profile challenge for states, philanthropists, and even the Fortune 500. This has unleashed a steady march of initiatives to double food production within a generation. But will doing so tax the resources of our planet beyond its capacity?

In this sobering essay, scholar-practitioner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509522018
• ISBN13: 9781509522019
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.4"