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Item Details
| Title:
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FEEDING FRENZY
THE NEW POLITICS OF FOOD |
| By: |
Paul McMahon |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781250340 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781250341 |
| Publisher: |
PROFILE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2013 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Can the world feed itself? This book traces the history of the global food system and reveals the underlying causes of recent food shortages and price spikes what the media has labelled a 'world food crisis'. It outlines actions that can be taken to lower the risks of conflict and to produce faire outcomes. |
| Synopsis: |
Feeding Frenzy traces the history of the global food system and reveals the underlying causes of recent turmoil in food markets. Supplies are running short, prices keep spiking and the media is full of talk of a 'world food crisis'. Food-producing countries are banning exports even if this means starving their neighbours. Governments and corporations are scrambling to secure control over food supply chains. Powerful groups from the Middle East and Asia are grabbing farmland in poor countries to grow food for export. This raises some big questions. Can we feed a population that will grow to nine billion by 2050? Are we running out of land and water? Can we rely on free markets to provide? This book reveals trends that could lead to more hunger and conflict. But Paul McMahon also outlines actions that can be taken to shape a sustainable and just food system. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrated throughout |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Profile Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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