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Feeding the multitude — where is tomorrow's equivalent of the five loaves and two fishes?
Author(s) -
Gunstone Frank D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/1438-9312(200006)102:6<426::aid-ejlt426>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - ingenuity , pace , multitude , livestock , population , production (economics) , agricultural economics , biology , agricultural science , economics , geography , ecology , political science , demography , sociology , neoclassical economics , law , microeconomics , geodesy
Despite the fears of Malthus , production of the major food products (grains, oilseeds, and livestock) has kept pace with population growth on a global basis, though not always on a regional basis. This claim is supported with appropriate numbers and the ways in which food supplies have been increased are discussed. It seems likely that this can continue for at least another twenty years but the situation is less clear thereafter. However, man s ingenuity continues to provide hope for a favourable outcome.