Tough choices : facing the challenge of food scarcity / Lester R. Brown.
By: Brown, Lester Russell.
Material type: BookSeries: Worldwatch environmental alert series.Publisher: London : Earthscan, 1996Description: 159 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853834327.Subject(s): Agriculture -- Environmental aspects | Agriculture -- Economic aspects | Food supply | Food pricesDDC classification: 338.1Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00068117 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-151) and index.
The challenge -- The debate -- I. The growing imbalance -- Demand for grain soaring -- Land hunger intensifying -- Water scarcity spreading -- Rise in land productivity slowing -- II. Making choices -- The new politics of scarcity -- Responding to the challenge.