Who Really Feeds The World? (Paperback)

Who really feeds the world? Vandana Shiva believes the answer to this question lies, first, in dismantling the myths that surround the industrial mode of food production which relies heavily on chemical inputs and seed monopolies; and then examining the costs and benefits of monocultures vs. biodiversity; soil depletion vs. soil regeneration; sustainable agriculture vs. cash-cropping; localisation vs. globalisation; and co-operative farming vs. corporate profit. In this succinct and clear-eyed assessment of the world’s food crisis, Shiva contends that food and agriculture have become the sites for major paradigm wars. Caught in the cross-fire between small producers and corporate giants, are the one billion people in the world who suffer from hunger and malnutrition; and the thousands afflicted with diseases caused by toxins in our food.