World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030 : An FAO Study (Hardcover)

Foreword by the Director-General of FAO * Explanatory Notes * Contributors to the Book * Introduction and Overview * Prospects for Food and Nutrition * Prospects for Aggregate Agriculture * and Major Commodity Groups * Crop Production and Natural Resource Use * Livestock Production * Forestry * Fisheries * Agriculture in Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development * Agricultural Trade, Trade Policies and the Global Food System * Globalization in Food and Agriculture * Selected Issues in Agricultural Technology * Agriculture and the Environment: Changing Pressures, Solutions and Trade-Offs * Climate Change and Agriculture: Physical and Human Dimensions * Appendixes * References * Acronyms