Climate Change and Global Food Security - Rattan Lal, Norman Uphoff, B.A. Stewart & David O. Hansen

Climate Change and Global Food Security

By Rattan Lal, Norman Uphoff, B.A. Stewart & David O. Hansen

  • Release Date: 2005-05-26
  • Genre: Science & Nature

Description

In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050. This increase will have to come from existing land, as little potential exists for bringing new land under cultivation -- a daunting prospect when one realizes that increased use and significantly higher concentrations of carbon