Gordon Conway
Biographic Data
| ID | 1025367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon Conway |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon |
| FAMILY NAME | Conway |
| SIGNATURE | CONWAY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 1 Kensington Gore London SW7 2AR |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3932-4198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards celebration 2017
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual Medals and Awards recognise achievements in researching, communicating and teaching a wide range of geographical knowledge. The speeches and citations are a record of the 2017 celebration, with contributions by Sir Gordon Conway and Lindsey Hilsum, and Professors Andrew Cliff, David J A Evans and Henry Wai-chung Yeung. The speeches include comments on the importance of geography for mapping extreme…
Presidential Address: Geographical crises of the twenty-first century
Climate change and Africa
The impact of climate change on Africa is likely to be severe because of adverse direct effects, high agricultural dependence, and limited capacity to adapt. Direct effects vary widely across the continent, with some areas (e.g. eastern Africa) predicted to get wetter, but much of southern Africa getting drier and hotter. Crop yields will be adversely affected and the frequency of extreme weather events will increase. Adaptation to climate change…
Presidential Address Building resilience: Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 4 June 2007
Genetically Modified Crops: Risks and Promise
"GM foods have the potential to provide significant benefits for developing countries. Over 800 million people are chronically undernourished, and 180 million children are severely underweight for their age. By 2020, there will be an extra two billion mouths to feed. Ecological approaches that underpin sustainable agriculture (e.g., integrated pest management) and participatory approaches that strengthen farmers' own experimentation and decision …
Weighing Biotech's Risks
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century
Hunger and poverty the year 2020 a doubly green revolution past successes food production and the poor food production and pollution trends and priorities designer plants and animals sustainable agriculture partnerships controlling pests replacing nutrients managing soil and water conserving natural resources achieving food security after the World Food Summit. Appendix: International Agricultural Research Centres
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century
Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution
After the Green Revolution
Agroecosystem analysis
The Rare Travailes of Job Hortop
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century
Hunger and poverty the year 2020 a doubly green revolution past successes food production and the poor food production and pollution trends and priorities designer plants and animals sustainable agriculture partnerships controlling pests replacing nutrients managing soil and water conserving natural resources achieving food security after the World Food Summit. Appendix: International Agricultural Research Centres
After the Green Revolution
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century
Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution
Presidential Address Building resilience: Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 4 June 2007
The Rare Travailes of Job Hortop
Agroecosystem analysis
After the Green Revolution
Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century
Hunger and poverty the year 2020 a doubly green revolution past successes food production and the poor food production and pollution trends and priorities designer plants and animals sustainable agriculture partnerships controlling pests replacing nutrients managing soil and water conserving natural resources achieving food security after the World Food Summit. Appendix: International Agricultural Research Centres
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century
The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century
Genetically Modified Crops: Risks and Promise
"GM foods have the potential to provide significant benefits for developing countries. Over 800 million people are chronically undernourished, and 180 million children are severely underweight for their age. By 2020, there will be an extra two billion mouths to feed. Ecological approaches that underpin sustainable agriculture (e.g., integrated pest management) and participatory approaches that strengthen farmers' own experimentation and decision …
Weighing Biotech's Risks
Presidential Address Building resilience: Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 4 June 2007
Climate change and Africa
The impact of climate change on Africa is likely to be severe because of adverse direct effects, high agricultural dependence, and limited capacity to adapt. Direct effects vary widely across the continent, with some areas (e.g. eastern Africa) predicted to get wetter, but much of southern Africa getting drier and hotter. Crop yields will be adversely affected and the frequency of extreme weather events will increase. Adaptation to climate change…
Presidential Address: Geographical crises of the twenty-first century
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards celebration 2017
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual Medals and Awards recognise achievements in researching, communicating and teaching a wide range of geographical knowledge. The speeches and citations are a record of the 2017 celebration, with contributions by Sir Gordon Conway and Lindsey Hilsum, and Professors Andrew Cliff, David J A Evans and Henry Wai-chung Yeung. The speeches include comments on the importance of geography for mapping extreme…
Geography (10 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Green Revolution (4 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 works) · Biology (3 works)