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A History of Water: Series III, Volume 3

Water and Food

Terje Oestigaard editor Terje Tvedt editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:31st Aug '16

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A History of Water: Series III, Volume 3 cover

With the world population set to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, and food demand expected to increase by 60 per cent during the same period, one of the key issues facing the world is food security.

Major changes in policy and management , across the entire agricultural production chain, will be needed to ensure the best use of available water resources in meeting growing demands for food and other agricultural products. This new volume in the successful History of Water Series focuses on the African continent to address this key issue. Humanity has its roots in Africa and many of our food systems developed there. All types of agricultural production are present and the sheer size of the continent offers wide ecological variation from extreme desert to dense rainforest. Drawing together leading international contributors from a wide variety of disciplines Water and Food offers new insights into the evolution of food systems, from early hunter gatherers to the global challenges of the modern world.

ISBN: 9781780768717

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 998g

592 pages