World Population and Food Supplies

The rapidly growing populations in nearly all parts of the world in recent decades have often been unrelated to food supplies. The ability of a region to produce more food is dependent in part on suitable land and climate, and in part on the application of modern science and technology to food production. There is strong evidence that population growth is now occurring in many regions without relating to the capacity to provide food. The extensive presence of hunger and...
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The rapidly growing populations in nearly all parts of the world in recent decades have often been unrelated to food supplies. The ability of a region to produce more food is dependent in part on suitable land and climate, and in part on the application of modern science and technology to food production. There is strong evidence that population growth is now occurring in many regions without relating to the capacity to provide food. The extensive presence of hunger and malnutrition, affecting millions of human beings in the world, must not be ignored, even by the most affluent of nations. The nations with advanced knowledge and social development shoud lead in a study of the relation between world population and food supplies.
When food-grain production stands still or chronically fails to keep pace with population growth, the specters of food shortage, recurring hunger and starvation become realities. Intelligent, reasonable solutions to these bitter problems must be found. The papers on this program represent a world-wide evaluation of the population-food outlook for 1980-just 16 years from today.