Feeding Frenzy
Land Grabs, Price Spikes, and the World Food Crisis
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Word Count
89,000 words, Guess
Page Count
356 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefeedingfrenzylan0000mcma
- ISBN-139781771640138
- ISBN-101771640138
- OCLC Control Number875390419
- OCLC Control Number858602982
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781771640138
- Open LibraryOL28794683M
Classifications
- LCCHD9000.5.M3696 2014
- LCCHD9000.5 .M3697 2014b
- LCCHD9000.5 .M36 2014
and 1 more
- LCCHD9000.5 .M35 2014
Description
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.
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