The World’s Challenge
Feeding 9 Billion people
Authors: Guillou, Marion, Matheron, Gerard
Free Preview- In this work, the heads of two leading French agricultural research organisations, INRA and CIRAD, shed light on the issue in terms that are clear and accessible to the public at large
- The reader will find a wealth of information, thought provoking insight and some surprising solutions
- This book presents how a global population of 9 billion by 2050 could be fed adequately, in keeping with increasingly stringent standards of quality and with respect for the environment
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- About this book
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If a global population of 9 billion by 2050 is to be fed adequately, more food must be produced and this in keeping with increasingly stringent standards of quality and with respect for the environment. Not to mention the land that must be set aside for the production of energy resources, industrial goods, carbon storage and the protection of biodiversity.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Setting the Stage
Pages 1-10
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Eat Well, Eat Better
Pages 11-41
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Reducing Losses and Waste at Consumption, Distribution and Processing Levels
Pages 43-57
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Reducing Post-harvest Losses in Developing Nations
Pages 59-75
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Producing Other Goods
Pages 77-91
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The World’s Challenge
- Book Subtitle
- Feeding 9 Billion people
- Authors
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- Marion Guillou
- Gerard Matheron
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Éditions Quæ
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-017-8569-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-017-8569-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8568-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-0266-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 226
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
- Additional Information
- Original French edition published by Éditions Quæ, Versailles, 2012. Jointly published with Éditions Quæ, Versailles, France
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