From Food Scarcity to Surplus
Innovations in Indian, Chinese and Israeli Agriculture
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Beschreibung
This book brings together unique experiences of India, China and Israel in overcoming economic, social, and natural resource challenges. Through its eleven chapters, the book captures the role of groundbreaking innovations in achieving unprecedented agricultural growth and stabilizing these nations. It provides a future outlook of the new challenges that will confront these countries in 2030 and beyond, related to tackling food and nutrition security, sustainable agricultural growth and adhering to improved food safety standards. This book provides useful insights for exploring technological innovations and policies that can address these future challenges and develop profitable and sustainable agriculture. This volume also highlights valuable lessons that India, China and Israel provide for the rest of the developing world where population is growing fast; natural resources are limited; and it is a challenge to produce enough food, feed and fibre for their populations. Tracing the historical past, this book is an impressive resource for academicians, policymakers, practitioners, agribusiness players, entrepreneurs in understanding the role of innovations in addressing future challenges.
This book brings together unique experiences of India, China and Israel in overcoming economic, social, and natural resource challenges. Through its eleven chapters, the book captures the role of groundbreaking innovations in achieving unprecedented agricultural growth and stabilizing these nations. It provides a future outlook of the new challenges that will confront these countries in 2030 and beyond, related to tackling food and nutrition security, sustainable agricultural growth and adhering to improved food safety standards. This book provides useful insights for exploring technological innovations and policies that can address these future challenges and develop profitable and sustainable agriculture. This volume also highlights valuable lessons that India, China and Israel provide for the rest of the developing world where population is growing fast; natural resources are limited; and it is a challenge to produce enough food, feed and fibre for their populations. Tracing the historical past, this book is an impressive resource for academicians, policymakers, practitioners, agribusiness players, entrepreneurs in understanding the role of innovations in addressing future challenges.
Focuses on exemplary achievements of India, China and Israel in agricultural innovations, having considerable impact on economic growth, food and nutrition security, and natural resource management Contains a thorough study of a wide spectrum of innovations ranging from production technologies to natural resource management, incentive policies and institutions for efficient, inclusive and sustainable agricultural sector Answers questions like how the three nations stabilized their ‘newly born’ nations, progressed over decades under varying economic models and fed their people, and transformed their respective agricultural sector
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Ashok Gulati
Themen in »From Food Scarcity to Surplus«
Agricultural Innovation Agricultural Revolution Production Technology Farmer Incentive Research and Development Agriculture Policy