| The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter century. | |
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PMID: 10339518 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The rate of growth of world food demand will be much slower for 1990-2010 than it was for the prior three decades. The major factor determining the increase in food demand is population growth. Income growth has a much smaller effect. From 1960 to 1990, population growth accounted for approximately three fourths of the growth in demand or use of grain. For 1990-2010, it is anticipated that population growth will account for nearly all of the increase in world demand for grain. The rate of population growth from 1990 to 2020 is projected to be at an annual rate of 1.3% compared with 1.9% for 1960 to 1990-a decline of more than 30%. World per capita use of grain will increase very little-perhaps by 4%. The increase in grain use is projected to be 40% less than in 1960-1990. It is anticipated that real grain prices will decline during the period, although not nearly as much as the 40% decline in the previous three decades. Concern has been expressed concerning the deterioration of the quality and productivity of the world's farmland. A study for China and Indonesia indicates that there has been no significant change in the productive capacity of the land over the past 50 years. Contrary to numerous claims, the depth of the topsoil has not changed, indicating that erosion has had little or no impact. |
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Authors:
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D G Johnson |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 96 ISSN: 0027-8424 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Publication Date: 1999 May |
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Created Date: 1999-06-24 Completed Date: 1999-06-24 Revised Date: 2008-11-20 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 5915-20 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. dg-johnson@uchicago.edu |
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Agriculture
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trends Cereals China Europe Food Supply* Forecasting Humans Indonesia Population Growth* Soil |
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0/Soil |
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