Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture 2004, Volume 1

Foreword
Kenneth M. Quinn xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Section I Frontiers in World Food 1

1 The State of World Food Security 3
Food and Agrigculture Organization of the United Nations

2 Feeding a World of 10 Billion People: Our 21st Century Challenge 31
Norman E. Borlaug

3 Dr. Norman E. Borlaug: 20th Century Lessons for the 21st Century World 57
Kenneth M. Quinn

4 An Appeal by the 15 World Food Prize Laureates on the Occasion of the World Food Summit: Five Years Later 71

5 Reducing Hunger by Improving Soil Fertility: An African Success Story 75
Pedro A. Sanchez

6 Achieving the 2020 Vision in the Shadow of International Terrorism 87
Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Section II Frontiers in Food 99

7 HACCP as a Model for Improving Food Safety 101
Catherine E. Woteki, Margaret O’K. Glavin, and Brian D. Kineman

8 Leading Changes in Food Retailing: Seven Steps to a Demand-Driven Food System 119
Jean D. Kinsey

Section III Frontiers in Animal Agriculture 135

9 The Importance of Livestock for the World’s Poor 137
R. R. von Kaufmann and Hank Fitzhugh

10 Agricultural and Environmental Issues in the Management of Animal Manures 161
H. H. Van Horn and W. J. Powers

11 The Equine Industry—Economic and Societal Impact 187
Karyn Malinowski and Norman Luba

Section IV Frontiers in Water 205

12 Managing Water Insecurity 207
Jacques Diouf

13 Neither Water nor Food Security Without a Major Shift in Thinking—A Water-Scarcity Close-Up 211
M. Falkenmark and J. Rockström

14 Major Problems in the Global Water-Food Nexus 227
David Seckler and Upali Amarasinghe

15 Water Scarcity: From Problems to Opportunities in the Middle East 253
Mona Mostafa El Kady

16 The Role of Biosaline Agriculture in Managing Freshwater Shortages and Improving Water Security 271
Mohammad Al-Attar

17 Coping with Water Scarcity in Dry Areas: Challenges and Options 283
Adel El-Beltagy and Theib Oweis

18 An Integrated Approach for Efficient Water Use—Case Study: Israel 297
Saul Arlosoroff

19 The Mekong River Basin—Searching for Transboundary Water Allocation Rules 313
Claudia Ringler

20 Jal Swaraj: A Win-Win Situation for All 315
M. S. Swaminathan

Section V Frontiers in Policy and Ethics 321

21 China’s Grain Security and Trade Policies After Entry into the World TradeOrganization (WTO): Issues and Options 323
Zuhui Huang, Jianzhang You, and Jiaan Cheng

22 The Legacy of Positivism and the Role of Ethics in the Agricultural Sciences 335
Paul B. Thompson

23 Agroterrorism: Need for Awareness 353
Radford G. Davis

24 Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries 417
Greg Graff, Matin Qaim, Cherisa Yarkin, and David Zilberman

Section VI Statistics and Trends in World Agriculture 439

25 Factors Affecting World Agriculture 441
B. Babcock, J. Fabiosa, H. Matthey, M. Isik, S. Tokgoz, A. El Obeid, S. Meyer, F. Fuller, C. Hart, A. Saak and K. Kovarik

Index 457