| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover ; Half-title ; Reviews ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Contents ; Preface ; Frontispiece -- 1. Food and conflict : Premonitions : The Crimson thread ; Food empires ; Here ome the long ships ; Food and the rise of China ; Food and India ; Food and war ; Fear of famine ; The Crimson thread ; Food empires ; Here come the long ships ; Food and the rise of China ; Food and India ; Food and war ; Fear of famine -- 2. War and hunger : The thirty years' war ; Food and revolution ; Killing farmers ; Rice catastrophe ; World War I ; World War II ; India and partition ; Categories of food conflict -- 3. The strategic importance of food, land and water : Dry times ; Land losses ; Climate change : Threat multiplier ; Dry times ; Land losses ; Climate change : Threat multiplier -- 4. Is 'agriculture' sustainable? : Agriculture and climate ; Food and poison ; Agriculture and extinction ; The great meat debate ; Why farmers need a payrise ; Novel farming systems ; Agriculture and climate ; Food and poison ; Agriculture and extinction ; The great meat debate ; Why farmers need a payrise novel farming systems -- 5. Hotspots for food conflict in the twentyfirst century : Recent food conflicts ; Future food wars ; The human tide ; Recent food conflicts ; Syria ; Yemen ; Rwanda and the horn of Africa ; South Sudan ; Future food wars ; United States ; Central and South America ; Central Asia ; The Middle East ; China ; Africa ; South Asia ; The human tide -- 6. Food as an existential risk : Extinction and ecological collapse ; Resource scarcity ; Weapons of mass destruction ; Climate change ; Poisoned planet ; Food security ; Pandemic disease ; Population and megacity failure ; Uncontrolled supertechnologies ; Self-delusion ; Solving the risks extinction and ecological collapse ; Resource scarcity ; Weapons of mass destruction ; Climate change ; Poisoned planet ; Food security ; Pandemic disease ; Population and megacity failure ; Uncontrolled supertechnologies ; Self-delusion ; Solving the risks -- 7. Food for peace : hunger and conflict ; Eco-wars ; The price of war ; Hunger and peace ; Swords into Ploughshares hunger and conflict ; Eco-wars ; The price of war ; Hunger and peace ; Swords into ploughshares -- 8. Urban dreams and nightmares : Homo urbanus ; The nutrient crisis ; Urban food loops ; Green cities ; Urban permaculture ; Stewards of the earth ; Wise consumers -- 9. The future of food : ecological farming ; Aquafoods ; The urban food revolution ; Biocultures ; Exploring an unexplored planet ; The age of food |
| Summary |
"Food or War Ours is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society. Our future supply of food is filled with risk, and history tells us that lack of food leads to war. But it also presents us with spectacular opportunities for fresh human creativity and technological prowess. Julian Cribb describes a new food system capable of meeting all humans' needs on our hot, overcrowded planet. The book is for anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet. This book is not just timely - its message is of the greatest urgency. Audiences include consumers, 'foodies', policymakers, researchers, cooks, chefs and farmers. Indeed, anyone who cares about their food, where it comes from and what it means for them, their children and grandchildren"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2019) |
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Food security.
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Food supply -- Political aspects
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Sustainable agriculture.
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sustainable agriculture (discipline)
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Sustainable agriculture
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Food supply -- Political aspects
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Food security
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Environmental policy
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Environmental sciences
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International relations
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Law and economics
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Political science
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Aide alimentaire -- Aspect politique.
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Aliments -- Approvisionnement -- Aspect politique.
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Agriculture durable -- Aspect politique.
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Relations internationales.
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Earth (Planet)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019035784 |
| ISBN |
9781108690126 |
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1108690122 |
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9781108600842 |
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1108600840 |
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