Food security and environmental quality in the developing world /

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Imprint:Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis Publishers/CRC Press, c2003.
Description:464 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4818574
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Other authors / contributors:Rattan Lal, 1918-
ISBN:1566705940 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Food Demand And Supply
  • The Century of Hope
  • Natural Resources of India
  • Food Security: Is India at Risk?
  • Fertilizer Needs to Enhance Production: Challenges Facing India
  • Economic Impacts of Agricultural Soil Degradation in Asia
  • Soil Degradation as a Threat to Food Security
  • Importance of Biotechnology in Global Food Security
  • Energy Inputs in Crop Production in Developing and Developed Countries
  • Environment Quality
  • Environmental Conflict and Agricultural Intensification in India
  • Water Quality and Agricultural Chemicals
  • Factors Influencing Environmental Degradation and Pollution in India
  • Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment
  • Applying Grades and Standards of Reducing Pesticide Residues to Access Global Markets
  • Reconciling Food Security and Environment Quality through Strategic Interventions for Poverty Reduction
  • Technological Options
  • Ensuring Food Security and Environment Stewardship in the 21st Century
  • Water Harvesting and Management to Alleviate Drought Stress
  • Post Harvest Food Losses to Pests in India
  • Storage and Processing of Agricultural Products
  • Post Harvest Food Technology for Village Operations
  • Reconciling Animal Food Products with Security and Environment Quality
  • Sustainable Agriculture on a Populous and Industrialized Landscape: Building Ecosystem Vitality and Productivity
  • Poverty and Inequality: A Life Chances Perspective
  • Poverty And Equity
  • Global Food Security Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation: Complementary or Contradictory Goals?
  • Poverty and Inequality: A Life Chances Perspective
  • Microfinance, Poverty Alleviation and Improving Food Security: Implications for India
  • Poverty and Gender in Indian Food Security: Assessing Measures of Inequity
  • Policy Issues
  • Priorities for Policy Reform in Indian Agriculture
  • The Role of Public Sector in Achieving Food Security
  • Global Food Supply and Demand Projections and Implications for Indian Agricultural Policy
  • Context, Concepts and Policy on Poverty and Inequality
  • Sustainable Development: Some Economic Considerations
  • Issues And Priorities
  • Reconciling Food Security with Environment Quality in the 21st Century