The World Food Problem, 2nd Edition

List of Figures viii

List of tables x

Acknowledgments xv

1 Introduction 1

2 The extent of hunger 5

3 A short history of hunger 30

4 Population and poverty 55

5 The growth of world food output 73

6 The expansion of the world’s arable land 90

7 Agricultural development in the developed countries since 1945 115

8 Tropical Africa 132

9 Latin America 170

10 Asia 200

11 Trade and aid 236

12 Conclusions 256

Noted 267

Index 299