Adrian Tchaikovsky Looking Landwards Paperback Book

With the impending crises of climate change, scarcity of water, dwindling energy reserves and spiraling global populations, the effective management of our land and the food it produces has never been more relevant. Established in 1938 by a small group of farseeing and enthusiastic engineers and agriculturalists, the Institution of Agricultural Engineers provides a professional nexus for the scientists, technologists, engineers, and managers working in the many and varied forms of landbased industry. In 2013, to mark their 75th anniversary, the IAgrE have commissioned a book that looks forward at what the future might hold. To help them achieve this, they approached NewCon Press. Looking Landwards attracted submissions from within the UK, from the USA, Australia, mainland Europe, Africa, and Asia from professional writers and wouldbe writers, from scientists and engineers who are actively involved in dealing with the books themes to people who have simply been inspired by them. Looking Landwards features the very best of these stories. Twentythree works of science fiction and speculation that dare to look to the future and examine what lies ahead for farming, for agricultural engineering and for all of us. | Adrian Tchaikovsky Looking Landwards Paperback Book