The world’s food map is being redrawn. As Western agriculture buckles under rising input costs, climate stress, shrinking farmland, and crumbling infrastructure, a new food superpower is emerging in the East — India.

This combined edition brings together two acclaimed works — Building India: Food Bowl of the World and Why West is Failing in Agriculture — into a single, comprehensive guide to understanding the seismic shift underway in global agriculture.

Part One dissects the structural cracks in Western farming systems: soaring production costs, an aging farmer workforce, unpredictable climate patterns, and deteriorating agri-infrastructure that are pushing the West from food security toward food insecurity.

Part Two turns to India’s opportunity — its scale of arable land, growing agri-tech adoption (from drone-based farming to precision irrigation), diverse crop output, and policy momentum positioning it as the future food supplier to the world. Real insights on trade, distribution, and the road “from farms to the future” show what it will take for India to convert potential into global food leadership.

Together, these two perspectives give readers — entrepreneurs, policymakers, agri-investors, and students of economics — a complete, side-by-side view of where global agriculture is failing and where the next opportunity lies.

What you’ll learn:

• Why Western agricultural models are under pressure and what’s driving the decline
• The specific factors giving India a structural advantage in food production
• Trends in agri-tech, trade, and infrastructure shaping the next decade of global food supply
• Actionable insights for anyone evaluating agriculture as a business, investment, or policy focus area