Transforming food systems

the quest for sustainability

Dave Watson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2025 | 1. Auflage
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-80146-859-6 (ISBN)

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This book assesses one of the great global challenges of our time: how to reform food systems so they are more sustainable but still able to produce the food we need. It reviews the pros and cons of reformist, progressive and radical solutions and how we might choose between them.

Sets out the historical context for understanding the current challenges facing food production
Gives a unique overview of the range of reformist, progressive and radical solutions to reforming the global food system
Provides a framework for comparing the relative strengths and weaknesses of different solutions

Dr Dave Watson is a leading authority on sustainability issues affecting agriculture. He has taught at the University of Hull, UK as well as managing research programmes for the International Livestock Research Institute, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

Part 1 The global food system

1.Emergence of the global food system
2.Trouble at t'mill
3.Drivers and outcomes of change

Part 2 Competing paradigms of food production

4.Neo-productivist food systems
5.Reformist food systems
6.Progressive food systems
7.Radical food systems

Part 3 The golden chalice of sustainability and the evolution of food systems

8.The golden chalice of sustainability
9.Food system evolution

Erscheinungsdatum	25.06.2025
Reihe/Serie	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Zusatzinfo	Illustrationen
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-80146-859-1 / 1801468591
ISBN-13	978-1-80146-859-6 / 9781801468596
Zustand	Neuware