TY - BOOK ID - 60584 TI - The world food outlook AU - Mitchell, Donald O AU - Ingco, Merlinda D AU - Duncan, Ronald C PY - 1997 SN - 0521580102 0521589843 0511582366 0511822979 0511002602 9780511002601 9780511822971 9780511582363 9780521580106 9780521589840 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Third World: agricultural and food problems KW - Demography KW - Food supply KW - Food supply. KW - Neo-Malthusianism. KW - Population KW - Social Sciences and Humanities. Development Studies KW - Economic aspects. KW - Food Policy KW - Developing countries KW - Business, Economy and Management KW - Economics KW - Food Policy. KW - Neo-Malthusianism KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic aspects KW - Food control KW - Emerging nations KW - Fourth World KW - Global South KW - LDC's KW - Least developed countries KW - Less developed countries KW - Newly industrialized countries KW - Newly industrializing countries KW - NICs (Newly industrialized countries) KW - Third World KW - Underdeveloped areas KW - Underdeveloped countries KW - Produce trade KW - Agriculture KW - Food security KW - Single cell proteins KW - Malthusianism KW - Food Supply. KW - Developing countries: agricultural and food problems KW - E-books KW - Population - Economic aspects. KW - Food supply - Developing countries. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:60584 AB - Modern day Malthusians warn that Malthus will ultimately be right: the world will be less and less able to feed itself as populations keep expanding and crop yields seem to have reached a peak. The authors of this volume believe that this pessimism is misplaced, and that there is in fact no worldwide food crisis. On the contrary, they show that the world food situation has improved dramatically over the past three decades: prices of agricultural commodities are at their lowest level in history in real terms and crop output is continuing to rise faster than population. This book provides a much needed and reasoned view on a subject that is too often treated emotionally. The important changes in the international food economy are considered in historical context and provide a basis for projections to 2010. The situation should continue to improve and food should become cheaper than it is today. ER -