ONE BILLION HUNGRY
Book ID/图书代码： 03360011B50675
English Summary/英文概要： Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further challenges.
In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world’s foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet.
Conway addresses a series of urgent questions about global hunger:
• How we will feed a growing global population in the face of a wide range of adverse factors, including climate change?
• What contributions can the social and natural sciences make in finding solutions?
• And how can we engage both government and the private sector to apply these solutions and achieve significant impact in the lives of the poor?
Conway succeeds in sharing his informed optimism about our collective ability to address these fundamental challenges if we use technology paired with sustainable practices and strategic planning.
Beginning with a definition of hunger and how it is calculated, and moving through issues topically both detailed and comprehensive, each chapter focuses on specific challenges and solutions, ranging in scope from the farmer’s daily life to the global movement of food, money, and ideas. Drawing on the latest scientific research and the results of projects around the world, Conway addresses the concepts and realities of our global food needs: the legacy of the Green Revolution; the impact of market forces on food availability; the promise and perils of genetically modified foods; agricultural innovation in regard to crops, livestock, pest control, soil, and water; and the need to both adapt to and slow the rate of climate change. One Billion Hungry will be welcomed by all readers seeking a multifacted understanding of our global food supply, food security, international agricultural development, and sustainability.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 糧食問題正在成為地球上十億多人口，必須要面對的日常危機。
比較過去，超過60多年的科技、環保團體進行的綠色革命，仍然解決不了食物短缺、營養不良和多數國家的貧困現狀。隨著糧食價格上漲、氣候變化、資源分配不均、不斷增長的人口，我們的未來面臨嚴峻挑戰。
本書由英國國際發展部首席科學家、全球糧食農學專家Gordon Conway爵士，解釋有關全球食品供應的關鍵問題。從農業科學的技術進步，到因政治操作影響糧食的安全衛生，強調糧食需增加組合生產的重要性，本書舉列有關全球糧食的緊迫性問題……
每一章節都重點探討，我們所具體面臨的挑戰和其解決方案，研討範圍包含食品、金錢和理念，綠色環保革命遺留的問題、市場對糧食供應的影響、基因食品的潛藏危險、農作物的技術創新、畜牧農業害蟲危機，這些問題都需要我們全程參與。
Awards/获奖情况：Review
"In One Billion Hungry, Gordon Conway lays out the formidable challenges we face in feeding the world by 2050 and reminds us why we have reason to be optimistic. History shows that we can reduce hunger and poverty, but to make a lasting difference we will need to help smallholder farmers sustainably increase their productivity."-Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
"We will not have a fair and secure world until we overcome the global challenge of feeding our ever-increasing population. Gordon Conway’s insightful book addresses the complex issues of achieving global food and nutrition security."-Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1996-2007)
"Gordon Conway has set out a bold but doable agenda for meeting the food challenges the world faces. The brilliant and practical insights expounded in this book will help drive a sustainable green revolution in Africa."-Akinwumi Adesina, Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria
"One Billion Hungry is an excellent source of evidence-based proposals on how to feed the world in a sustainable manner. It is an antidote for pessimism and will go a long way in inspiring the global community to act in time. The book is as inspirational as it is pragmatic."-Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School
"Sadly, the majority of the one billion hungry are smallholder farmers faced with limited opportunities to improve their livelihoods. This book promotes access to technology and, in partnership with the hungry, links evidence to policy and action."-Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO and Head of Diplomatic Mission, FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network)
About the Author/作者介绍： 戈登•康威爵士是倫敦帝國大學國際發展教授。他也是《另一個綠色環保革命：二十一世紀人皆有食》和《數十億人的溫飽》的作者（兩者皆發表自康奈爾大學），他還是《科技創新求發展》的合著者。
拉吉夫•夏哈是美國國際開發署 （美援署) 的行政主管。
Sir Gordon Conway is Professor of International Development at Imperial College, London. He is the author of The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century and One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? (both from Cornell) and coauthor of Science and Innovation for Development.
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