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Increasing the supply of soybeans
Author(s) -
Thompson W. N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02582320
Subject(s) - temperate climate , agricultural economics , agriculture , production (economics) , exploit , natural resource economics , food supply , malnutrition , population growth , population , subtropics , crop , business , world population , economics , agronomy , developing country , economic growth , biology , ecology , demography , computer security , sociology , computer science , macroeconomics
The increase in supply and use of soybeans during the past 40 years has been a dramatic change in world agriculture—the “Dark Green Evolution.” The driving forces have been expanding population and income levels, increasing demand for protein and edible oils, pressures on other crop prices, and production and utilization research. The large growth of supply has been in temperate areas of North and South America, where increases will continue but at much slower rates than in the past. Production will increase in tropical and subtropical areas and soybeans will truly become a worldwide commercial crop. The rate of increase in supply will depend largely on the magnitude and effectiveness of research, education and developmental programs designed to exploit the full potential of the soybean to upgrade diets and alleviate the growing world malnutrition problem.