The World Food Situation

摘要

The world food situation is examined in detail, and there are concrete suggestions for developed and developing countries in meeting the world's food needs in the future.We hear so much about the world's food and population problems that we sometimes lose sight of the very positive side of the global (bod outlook.The world food situation has actually improved substantially over the last 20 years. The problems beginning in 1972 followed 20 years in which total world loud production rose 70 percent and per capita food production rose 22 percent. Moreover, the worldhas the capacity to make further large increases in food production.In 1972 we had record farm production in the United States. However, poor growing weather affected crops in the Soviet Union. Africa. Australia, the People's Republic of China, certain other Asian countries, and parts of Latin America. The protein supplywas diminished by fishing failures off the coast of Peru. There was also a strong increase in demand around the world. Consequently, stocks were reduced.