This book covers the history, causes, solutions, and future of food shortages, allowing readers to understand that it is not just a problem for the developing world, but one in which all humans have a role. This important reference work takes a deep look into the geographic nature of the problem of global food shortages, helping readers to understand that while this is not a problem that exists everywhere, it does touch everyone. The problem is neither new nor confined to the developing world: while it is often the people in the developing world that lack access to food, farmers in the...