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035 _a(OCoLC)670429650
050 1 4 _aS494.5.I5
_bS93 2010eb
100 1 _aSwaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan.
245 1 0 _aScience and sustainable food security
_h[electronic resource] :
_bselected papers of M S Swaminathan /
_cM S Swaminathan.
260 _aSingapore ;
_aHackensack, N.J. :
_bWorld Scientific,
_cc2010.
300 _axv, 420 p. :
_bill., col. ports.
490 1 _aIISc centenary lecture series ;
_vv. 3
500 _aPapers dedicated to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, 1914-2009.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aAgricultural innovations.
650 0 _aAgricultural productivity.
650 0 _aGreen Revolution.
650 0 _aFood supply.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aBorlaug, Norman E.
_q(Norman Ernest),
_d1914-2009.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aIISc centenary lecture series ;
_vv. 3.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10422666
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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_d78789