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Virtual Water

Implications for Agriculture and Trade

Herausgeber: Ray, Chittaranjan; Sanderson, Matthew; McInnes, David

Beschreibung

Virtual Water explores the role of "virtual water" - the water embedded in a product - in ongoing conversations of agriculture, trade and sustainability in an increasingly inter-connected world.

Autor

Chittaranjan Ray serves as the Director of Nebraska Water Center at Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA, and is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. Besides his leadership role in water at the university, his research focuses on water quality impacts from agriculture. David McInnes is Principal of DMci Strategies, where he is a Strategic Advisor, Speaker and Facilitator on change and opportunity facing the global food system. He is also a Senior Fellow at Canada 2020, an independent, progressive think-tank, where he leads the Canada Food Brand project. Dr McInnes is also a Contributing Editor of The Economist Intelligence Unit, and an Advisor to the Delegation of Canada for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. Matthew R. Sanderson is the Randall C. Hill Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA. His research focuses on the demographic and environmental aspects of development in global political-economic context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780367408077
• ISBN-10: 0367408074
• Artikelnr.: 58381188