Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The world food problem
- 2 The price of food
- 3 Gains in consumption levels
- 4 World food production increases
- 5 Population growth and food demand
- 6 The quantity and quality of the resource base
- 7 Raising yields
- 8 Changing consumption patterns
- 9 Simulating the future world food situation
- 10 The world can feed twice as many in twenty years
- 11 A robust prediction?
- 12 Africa presents a special challenge at the turn of the century
- Appendix The World Grains Model
- References
- Index
List of figures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The world food problem
- 2 The price of food
- 3 Gains in consumption levels
- 4 World food production increases
- 5 Population growth and food demand
- 6 The quantity and quality of the resource base
- 7 Raising yields
- 8 Changing consumption patterns
- 9 Simulating the future world food situation
- 10 The world can feed twice as many in twenty years
- 11 A robust prediction?
- 12 Africa presents a special challenge at the turn of the century
- Appendix The World Grains Model
- References
- Index
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- The World Food Outlook , pp. viii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997