Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture 2004 (V olume 2)

• The UN's approaches to address global food security and poverty


• An essay by the World Food Prize Laureat


• Globalization, emerging diseases, and invasive specie


• Environmental sustainability


• Plant-derived vaccines, antibiotic bans, and health impacts


• The future of agricultural biotechnology


• The pivotal role of agriculture in human developmen


• Global agricultural statistics and projections

Aimed at faculty, undergraduate and graduate students in colleges of agriculture, policy makers, government and industry scientists, public libraries, farmers and agribusiness operators, this book is key to keeping current on agricultural research and policy.