Description:
The UN Millennium Summit in 2000 pledged to achieve a set of Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. They include halving by 2015 the number of undernourished people in the world, which currently stand at 850 million people. This book explores ways and means of achieving the Millennium Development Goal in respect of Food Security. With contributions from world experts.
Review Quotes:
'[...] this book assumes enormous significance, and could not have been published at a more appropriate time.'
'This book deals with techno-economic-social dimensions of the problem like no other publication before.'
'The editor along with his authors deserve full credit for presenting a book with an in-depth analysis of a complex subject, penetrating and interesting, supported by valuable tables, revealing photographs and neat figures.'
'This book is a notable departure from the normal.'
From: Journal of the Geological Society of India, vol. 72, p. 279-280, Aug. 2008.
'The strength of the book lies in the wide range of topics it examines--a list that includes remote sensing, aerobic rice, the benefits of fermented food, the role of microenterprises, and the need for enhanced governance of food systems.'
'The book is thus a very useful introduction on developing-country--chiefly Asian--water-for-food issues, aimed at professionals and students in the areas of agricultural and water science, engineering, and planning.'
From: Environment. Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, September-October 2009.