Hot hungry planet : the fight to stop a global food crisis in the face of climate change
Lisa Palmer
- New York : St. Martins Press, c2017.
- xi, 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: The Fight to Close the Food Gap HOT 2.Women's Work 3.Soils, Sylvan Pastures, and Sustainability 4.California and Syria: A Tale of Two Droughts HUNGRY 5.Population, Health, and Environment Powerfully Working Together 6.India's Climate-Smart Villages 7.Climate Stupid 8.Rice PLANET 9.Hot Fish 10.Small and Sustainable
Earth will have more than 9.6 billion people by 2050 according to U.N. predictions. With resources already scarce, how will we feed them all' Journalist Lisa Palmer has traveled the world for years documenting the cutting-edge innovations of people and organizations on the front lines of fighting the food gap. Here, she shares the story of the epic journey to solve the imperfect relationship between two of our planet's greatest challenges: climate change and global hunger. Hot, Hungry Planet focuses on three key concepts that support food security and resilience in a changing world: social, educational, and agricultural advances; land use and technical actions by farmers; and policy nudges that have the greatest potential for reducing adverse environmental impacts of agriculture while providing more food. Palmer breaks down this difficult subject though seven concise and easily-digestible case studies over the globe and presents the stories of individuals in six key regions-India, sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and Indonesia-painting a hopeful picture of both the world we want to live in and the great leaps it will take to get there. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES. The U.N. predicts the Earth will have more than 9.6 billion people by 2050. With resources already scarce, how will we feed them all? Journalist Lisa Palmer has traveled the world for years, documenting the cutting-edge innovations of people and organisations on the front lines of fighting the food gap. Here, she shares the story of the epic journey to solve the imperfect relationship between two of our planet's greatest challenges: climate change and global hunger. Hot, Hungry Planet focuses on three key concepts that support food security and resilience in a changing world: social, educational, and agricultural advances; land use and technical actions by farmers; and policy nudges that have the greatest potential for reducing adverse environmental impacts of agriculture while providing more food.
9781250084200 (hardcover)
2016050221
Food security Crops and climate Climatic changes--Social aspects