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.