Julian Cribb

Food or War (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

For anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108600842
• Artikelnr.: 70909183

Autorenporträt

Julian Cribb FRSA FTSE is an Australian author and science communicator. His career includes appointments as scientific editor for The Australian newspaper, director of national awareness for the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), editor of several newspapers, member of numerous scientific boards and advisory panels, and president of national professional bodies for agricultural journalism and science communication. His published work includes over 9000 articles, 3000 science media releases and ten books. He has received thirty-two awards for journalism. His previous books include The Coming Famine (2010), Poisoned Planet (2014), and Surviving the 21st Century (2017). As a science writer and a grandparent, Julian Cribb is deeply concerned at the existential emergency facing humanity, the mounting scientific evidence for it and the deficit of clear thinking about how to overcome it.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Food and conflict
2. War and hunger
3. The strategic importance of food, land and water
4. Is 'agriculture' sustainable?
5. Hotspots for food conflict in the twenty-first century
6. Food as an existential risk
7. Food for peace
8. Urban dreams and nightmares
9. The future of food
10. Conclusion: key recommendations of this book.