World Food and Agricultural Potentialities

Estimates of world agricultural potentialities can be approached from several points of view. The problem is so complex that it must be broken down into smaller units, by countries and groups of countries, and into smaller functional pieces. Yet we know that what happens in any one country depends o...

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Published inThe American economic review Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 319 - 326
Main Author Kellogg, Charles E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Menasha, Wis The American Economic Association 01.05.1956
American Economic Association
Subjects
Agricultural economics
Agricultural soils
Agrology
Alluvial soils
Crops
Food crops
Food supply
Forest soils
Industrial agriculture
Production, Agricultural
Savanna soils
Soil productivity
Studies
The Population Specter: Rapidly Declining Death Rate in Densely Populated Countries
Tropical soils
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Summary:Estimates of world agricultural potentialities can be approached from several points of view. The problem is so complex that it must be broken down into smaller units, by countries and groups of countries, and into smaller functional pieces. Yet we know that what happens in any one country depends on the questions of war or peace and of stagnation or prosperity in other countries. We can try to limit our inquiry to the basic physical and biological potentialities for abundance. What kinds of soil do we have, what will they produce, by what means, and how much? The results of such inquiries suggest that we still have great unused soil resources.
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ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981