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Cómo funciona la comida / How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food (Spanish Edition)

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Vaclav Smil
    Format:
    Hardcover
    Pages:
    296
    Publisher:
    PRH Grupo Editorial (June 23, 2026)
    Imprint:
    Debate
    Release Date:
    June 23, 2026
    Language:
    Spanish
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9788410214927
    ISBN-10:
    841021492X
    Weight:
    20oz
    Dimensions:
    6" x 9"
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    RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_full_active_D20260405T171753_155746881-20260405.xml
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    RandomHouse
    List Price:
    $23.95
    Country of Origin:
    Spain
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Case Pack:
    12
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    $18.44
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-RH
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    A
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  • Overview

    Un análisis claro y penetrante del frágil engranaje que sostiene nuestra alimentación y de los desafíos urgentes para transformarlo.

    «Uno de los pensadores más importantes del mundo sobre la teoría del desarrollo y un maestro del análisis estadístico». —The Guardian

    «Vaclav Smil es mi autor favorito». —Bill Gates

    Nunca hemos tenido que alimentar a tantas personas como en la actualidad. Y, sin embargo, desconocemos lo esencial acerca de cómo el mundo produce y consume los alimentos, cómo moldean nuestras necesidades nutricionales y cómo y por qué esto impacta al planeta. Así, en las decisiones económicas, políticas y cotidianas damos por sentado lo que hace posible la vida: la comida.

    En este ambicioso libro, que desmiente una gran cantidad de mitos, Smil investiga muchas de las cuestiones candentes a las que nos enfrentamos hoy en día: ¿por qué algunos de los mayores productores de alimentos del mundo también son los países con las poblaciones más desnutridas? ¿Por qué desperdiciamos tanta comida y cómo podemos evitarlo? ¿Podría todo el planeta volverse vegano de forma saludable? ¿Debería?

    Smil explora la historia de la producción de alimentos para entender por qué criamos algunos animales y no otros, por qué la mayoría de las calorías que se consumen en todo el mundo provienen de unos pocos alimentos y cómo esto podría cambiar en el futuro. Cómo funciona la comida es una guía basada en datos y en una rigurosa investigación que ofrece soluciones a un sistema alimentario global que ya no funciona.

    ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

    "Vaclav Smil is my favorite author."—Bill Gates

    An indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist's exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planet

    We have never had to feed as many people as we do today. And yet, we misunderstand the essentials of where our food really comes from, how our dietary requirements shape us, and why this impacts our planet in drastic ways. As a result, in our economic, political, and everyday choices, we take for granted and fail to prioritize the thing that makes all our lives possible: food.

    In this ambitious, myth-busting book, Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today: why are some of the world’s biggest food producers also the countries with the most undernourished populations? Why do we waste so much food and how can we solve that? Could the whole planet go vegan and be healthy? Should it?

    He explores the global history of food production to understand why we farm some animals and not others, why most of the world’s calories come from just a few foodstuffs, and how this might change in the future.

    How to Feed the World is the data-based, rigorously researched guide that offers solutions to our broken global food system.