“...a highly readable and authoritative account of the problems we face from global warming to shrinking water resources, fisheries, forests, etc. The picture is very frightening. But the book also provides a way forward.” –Clare Short, British Member of Parliament
Table of Contents
Preface (data)
1. Food: The Weak Link (pdf) (data)
2. The Ecology of Population Growth (data)
3. Moving Up the Food Chain (data)
4. Food or Fuel? (data)
5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future (data)
6. Peak Water and Food Scarcity (data)
7. Grain Yields Starting to Plateau (data)
8. Rising Temperatures, Rising Food Prices (data)
9. China and the Soybean Challenge (data)
10. The Global Land Rush (data)
11. Can We Prevent a Food Breakdown? (data)
Additional Resources (pdf)
Endnotes (pdf)
Index
Acknowledgements & About the Author
Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity Data
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