Understanding Global Issues

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Farming to Survive: Food and agricultural reform

Agriculture faces a global crisis which even major food companies now acknowledge. Problems include energy consumption and pollution, declines in soil quality, shortages of water; hunger in the developing world, health scares and growing economic pressure on farmers. Meanwhile the concentration of power in the global food industry adds to the importance of issues such as GM crops and food quality. We look at the state of agriculture and how it might be reinvented.

Published: April 2005 ISBN: 0852335016

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