Global Food and Population Equation : A Fragile Balance.

Committee Serial F. Report, prepared by Subcom on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment staff, assisted by Susan Fletcher (CRS), summarizing Subcom Feb.-Mar. 1989 hearings on interrelationships among world population growth, agricultural production and food shortages, and global e...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1989.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Committee Serial F. Report, prepared by Subcom on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment staff, assisted by Susan Fletcher (CRS), summarizing Subcom Feb.-Mar. 1989 hearings on interrelationships among world population growth, agricultural production and food shortages, and global environmenal degradation.
Reviews population trends, including growth patterns in developing countries; assesses world food system capacity to meet increased demand, including potential of future food production options and technologies; and evaluates natural resource constraints on increased agricultural production.
Includes recommendations (p. 43-46) and additional views (p. 47).
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
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Physical Description:1 online resource.