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Where our food comes from : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / Gary Paul Nabhan

by Gary Nabhan

Retracing the travels of a pioneering Soviet botanist, this work explores the world's richest agricultural centres to examine how climate change, globalisation, and habitat loss threaten the diversity and security of the global food supply.

Accession 9394 ISBN 9781597263993 Publisher Island Press
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