Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity

by Lester R. Brown

Book Overview

What will the geopolitics of food look like in a new era dominated by scarcity and food nationalism? Brown outlines the political implications of land acquisitions by grain-importing countries in Africa and elsewhere as well as the world's shrinking buffers against poor harvests. With wisdom accumulated over decades of tracking agricultural issues, Brown exposes the increasingly volatile food situation the world is facing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393344150
• ISBN13: 9780393344158
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"