Product Description: Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress?Can increases in food production achieved in the past two decades be sustained in the next two decades?Can developing countries achieve freedom from hunger and malnutrition for their entire populations?How can food security be reconciled with environment quality in an industrializing society?Leading authorities, from soil scientists to economists, address these critical questions in Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: * The indispensable follow-up to Reasons for Hope* Recommends action to improve rural living standardsFrom an outside perspective that contrasts the personal, firsthand views of the first text, the authors impart critical, dynamic ideas for improving the lives of those in rural communities...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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