"Modern-day Malthusians warn that Malthus will ultimately be right: the world will be less and less able to feed itself. They are anxious to apply their pessimism to developing countriespopulation keeps expanding, no new land is being created, crop yields have increased considerably and may hav...

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1. Verfasser:	Mitchell, Donald O.
Weitere Verfasser:	Ingco, Merlinda D., Duncan, Ronald C., 1936-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Schriftenreihe:	Trade and development (Cambridge, England)
Schlagworte:	Neo-Malthusianism. Food supply. Population > Economic aspects. Food supply > Developing countries. Néomalthusianisme. Population > Aspect économique. Aliments > Approvisionnement. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture. Food supply Neo-Malthusianism Population > Economic aspects Voedselproductie. Wereldvoedselprogramma. Ontwikkelingseconomie. Developing countries > Population > Economic aspects. Developing countries
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"Modern-day Malthusians warn that Malthus will ultimately be right: the world will be less and less able to feed itself. They are anxious to apply their pessimism to developing countriespopulation keeps expanding, no new land is being created, crop yields have increased considerably and may have peaked, and the environment may not tolerate the pressure of more intensive agriculture. While these arguments seem persuasive, the evidence to the contrary is compelling: prices of agricultural commodities in real terms are at their lowest level in history, and crop output continues to rise faster than population." "The fact is that the world food situation has improved dramatically for most of the world's consumers. Not all people in the world today have adequate diets and there is no doubting the desperate circumstances of some peoples, but diets for most of the world's consumers have improved dramatically and per capita calorie consumption in developing economies has increased by some 27 per cent since the 1960s. It should continue to improve, and food will be cheaper than it is today." "Sub-Saharan Africa remains the primary exception to these general developments with stagnant or even declining per capita consumption levels. There are serious problems of hunger and malnutrition. But here the problems extend well beyond agriculture."--Jacket
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xvii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-206) and index.
ISBN:	0511002602 9780511002601 0511822979 9780511822971 0511582366 9780511582363