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Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture

Food for All: The Need for a New Agriculture

Madeley, John

Paperback

Series: Global Issues

AgricultureEnvironmental StudiesInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1842770195
ISBN13: 9781842770191
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 1 2002
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.86
Language: English

What kind of agriculture do we need to feed the world? World leaders have committed themselves to halving hunger by the year 2015 as a first step towards food for all. But is this an achievable target?

John Madeley's new book shows we already have the experience on which to base a new approach to agricultural production and feeding the world's whole population. Millions need better access to the land from which the market forced them, and a more equitable income distribution so that the poor can afford the available food. This is part of the solution. But the other part is an innovative, multi-faceted move away from a monoculture production system dependent on ever more tractors and fossil fuels, dangerous chemicals, and hybrid seeds monopolized by a handful of giant corporations.

Instead, he shows it is feasible to look to the spread of a low-external input approach, a reintegration of traditional farming techniques, new farming practices like organic agriculture and permaculture, and a range of 'green' technologies which can all play a role in bringing world agriculture back to a path which offers a viable livelihood to farmers, food for the hungry, and all without harming the environment.

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