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From the editor Food Production, Agricultural Research, the world about the magnitude and seriousness of the arable land, food, and population prob- and Technology Assessment The five papers in this issue have a connecting lems that loom ahead:' These problems concern theme: the assessment of alternative technolo- the fact that at present population growth rates, gies in agriculture. They differ from each other the world will double its population in another 58 years, while it has taken between one and in terms of the contexts in which this theme is addressed. The first two address the theme in two million years for it to reach its current 4.8 the context of the problem, how do we produce billion level. Borlaug is hopeful that world pro- an adequate amount of agricultural products to duction can be doubled during this time if a high feed a rapidly increasing world population. The enough priority is given to this task. The task second group of papers is concerned with the will require increasing land-unit yields rather assessment of technologies in terms of their so- than bringing increased acreage into produc- tion, for most arable land is already being used cial consequences--specifically in terms of the economic http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

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Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 3 (3) – Apr 5, 2005

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Publisher
Springer Journals
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Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1007/BF01530659
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Abstract

Food Production, Agricultural Research, the world about the magnitude and seriousness of the arable land, food, and population prob- and Technology Assessment The five papers in this issue have a connecting lems that loom ahead:' These problems concern theme: the assessment of alternative technolo- the fact that at present population growth rates, gies in agriculture. They differ from each other the world will double its population in another 58 years, while it has taken between one and in terms of the contexts in which this theme is addressed. The first two address the theme in two million years for it to reach its current 4.8 the context of the problem, how do we produce billion level. Borlaug is hopeful that world pro- an adequate amount of agricultural products to duction can be doubled during this time if a high feed a rapidly increasing world population. The enough priority is given to this task. The task second group of papers is concerned with the will require increasing land-unit yields rather assessment of technologies in terms of their so- than bringing increased acreage into produc- tion, for most arable land is already being used cial consequences--specifically in terms of the economic

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Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 5, 2005

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