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Author Swaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan.

Title Science and sustainable food security [electronic resource] : selected papers of M S Swaminathan / M S Swaminathan.

Imprint Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.

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Description xv, 420 p. : ill., col. ports.
Series IISc centenary lecture series ; v. 3
IISc centenary lecture series ; v. 3.
Note Papers dedicated to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, 1914-2009.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary This book provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable agricultural advance and food security in an era of climate change and global economic melt-down. The contents include a description of the paradigm shift under the leadership of the author, from a green to an ever-green revolution necessary for advancing productivity in perpetuity without ecological harm. Science and Sustainable Food Security shows many methods of linking ecological security with livelihood security, and provides a scientific basis for entering an era of biohappiness based on the sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity. Also, methods of adaptation to the impact of global warming are described. This book will prove invaluable to all interested in sustainable human security and happiness.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Agricultural innovations.
Agricultural productivity.
Green Revolution.
Food supply.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789814282109
9814282103
9789814282116 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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