Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
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
Agriculture and Human Values – Springer Journals
Published: Apr 5, 2005
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.