BRIGHT FUTURE: Abundance and Progress in the 21st Century
David McMullen
First published in 2007
Copyright © David McMullen 2007
http://brightfuture21c.wordpress.com/
ISBN 978-0-646-46832-7.
303.49
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1
CREATING FOOD ABUNDANCE 5
Better Plants and Livestock 7
Better Plants 9
Improved Livestock and Poultry Production 19
Defending GM Food 24
Food Safety 24
Environmental Scares 29
Environmental Benefits 32
Crop Lands, a Declining Resource? 34
Extent of the Resource 34
Soil Degradation 37
Summing up on Land 41
Water 42
Harnessing More of the Resource 42
Depletion and Degradation 43
More Efficient Use 44
Competition from Non-Agricultural Uses 46
Non-Conventional Water Resources 48
Genetic Base 52
Fisheries