Feeding the Ten Billion: Plants and Population Growth

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: timebomb or treadmill? 2. Reaching five million (to 8000 BC) 3. Towards fifty million (8000 BC-2000 BC) 4. The first half billion (2000 BC-1500 AD) 5. The first billion (1500-1825) 6. The second billion (1825-1927) 7. The third billion (1927-1960) 8. The fourth billion (1960-1975) 9. The fifth billion (1975-1986) 10. The sixth billion (1986-1998) 11. What the world eats now 12. Feeding the ten billion Epilogue References Acronyms and abbreviations Index.