Feeding the Ten Billion: Plants and Population Growth
At the current rate of increase, the world's population is likely to reach ten billion by the middle of the twenty-first century. What will be the challenges posed by feeding this population and how can they be addressed? Written to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Malthus' seminal Essay on the Principle of Population, this fascinating book looks at the intimate links between population growth and agricultural innovation over the past 10,000 years, illustrating how the...
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A unique and accessible account of the interaction between population growth and agricultural innovation.
PrefaceAcknowledgements1Introduction: timebomb or treadmill?12Reaching five million (to 8000 B.C.)73Towards fifty million (8000 B.C.-2000 B.C.)184The first half-billion (2000 B.C.-1500 A.D.)445Towards the first billion (1500-1825)726The second billion (1825-1927)907The third billion (1927-1960)1148The fourth billion (1960-1975)1339The fifth billion (1975-1986)15110The sixth billion (1986-1998/9)16511What the world eats now17812Feeding the ten billion196Epilogue225References228Acronyms and abbreviations242Index243
