Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1) Overview of global land use, food security and the environment
- 2) Population and income as drivers of global land use
- 3) Productivity growth and yield response in the crop sector
- 4) Potential for cropland area response
- 5) Biofuels and its impact on global land use
- 6) Climate change, land use and the environment
- 7) Competing demands for land in the 21st century
- 8) The global livestock industry as a driver of land use
- 9) Food security
- 10): Looking back to go forward: Global land use in 2050
- References
- Glossary
- Appendix
- Index.