Feeding the ten billion : plants and population growth / by L.T. Evans.

By: Evans, L. TMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: xiv, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521646857 (pbk)Subject(s): Population | Agriculture -- Economic aspects | Overpopulation | Food supplyDDC classification: 363.9
Contents:
1. Introduction: timebomb or treadmill? -- 2. Reaching five million (to 8000 B.C.) -- 3. Towards fifty million (8000 B.C.-2000 B.C.) -- 4. The first half-billion (2000 B.C.-1500 A.D.) -- 5. Towards the first billion (1500-1825) -- 6. The second billion (1825-1927) -- 7. The third billion (1927-1960) -- 8. The fourth billion (1960-1975) -- 9. The fifth billion (1975-1986) -- 10. The sixth billion (1986-1998/9) -- 11. What the world eats now -- 12. Feeding the ten billion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-241) and index.

1. Introduction: timebomb or treadmill? --
2. Reaching five million (to 8000 B.C.) --
3. Towards fifty million (8000 B.C.-2000 B.C.) --
4. The first half-billion (2000 B.C.-1500 A.D.) --
5. Towards the first billion (1500-1825) --
6. The second billion (1825-1927) --
7. The third billion (1927-1960) --
8. The fourth billion (1960-1975) --
9. The fifth billion (1975-1986) --
10. The sixth billion (1986-1998/9) --
11. What the world eats now --
12. Feeding the ten billion.

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