U.S. and World Food Situation: Hearings, Before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices and Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Policy of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 - Всего страниц: 202 |
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... complacent . After 25 years of food surpluses in the United States , we began to take them for granted . We also began to take cheap food prices as the standard fare for American consumers . We just never dreamed , for a moment , that 2.
... complacent . After 25 years of food surpluses in the United States , we began to take them for granted . We also began to take cheap food prices as the standard fare for American consumers . We just never dreamed , for a moment , that 2.
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... consumers of the world all the more vulnerable to circumstances in the food surplus areas of the world , principally ... consumer and brought many in other lands to the point of starvation . There is no reason why our Government should ...
... consumers of the world all the more vulnerable to circumstances in the food surplus areas of the world , principally ... consumer and brought many in other lands to the point of starvation . There is no reason why our Government should ...
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... consumer and taxpayer ; what com- modities should go to the increasingly affluent nations ; what to help the millions throughout the world living in poverty ; what to improve relations with other nations , such as the Soviet Union ...
... consumer and taxpayer ; what com- modities should go to the increasingly affluent nations ; what to help the millions throughout the world living in poverty ; what to improve relations with other nations , such as the Soviet Union ...
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... consumer at prices which represent a smaller percentage of family income than any other nation in the world . Over the past 15 years , until very recently , the average American family has spent , on an average , between 16 to 18 ...
... consumer at prices which represent a smaller percentage of family income than any other nation in the world . Over the past 15 years , until very recently , the average American family has spent , on an average , between 16 to 18 ...
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... consumer have soared during the past year , just as has happened in all other parts of the world . The upward pressures and movements in food prices in the U.S.A. has resulted from bad har- vests and resulting food shortages in other ...
... consumer have soared during the past year , just as has happened in all other parts of the world . The upward pressures and movements in food prices in the U.S.A. has resulted from bad har- vests and resulting food shortages in other ...
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Стр. 99 - II until recently, world prices for the principal temperate-zone farm commodities such as wheat, feedgrains, and soybeans, have been remarkably stable. In part, this is because throughout much of this period world prices have rested on the commodity support level in the United States. Since world food reserves...
Стр. 92 - The availability of arable land is important, but perhaps even more important to the future will be the availability of water for agricultural purposes. In many regions of the world, fertile agricultural land is available if water can be found to make it produce. Yet most of the rivers that lend themselves to damming and to irrigation have already been developed. Future efforts to expand fresh water supplies for agricultural purposes will increasingly focus on such techniques as the diversion of...
Стр. 96 - ... continue to rise every year. Many marine biologists now feel that the global catch of table-grade fish is at or near the maximum sustainable level. A large number of the 30 or so leading species of commercial-grade fish currently may be over-fished, that is, stocks will not sustain even the current level of catch.
Стр. 103 - The jump in per acre yields in most developing countries appears dramatic largely because their yields traditionally have been so low relative to the potential. But today rice yields per acre in India and Nigeria still...
Стр. 90 - ... a race between food and people. At the end of each year, observers anxiously compared rates of increase in food production with those of population growth to see if any progress was being made. Throughout most of the decade it was nip and tuck. During the 1970s, rapid global population growth continues to generate demand for more food, but, in addition, rising affluence is emerging as a major new claimant on the world's food resources.
Стр. 92 - Other parts of the world, including particularly the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, north Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, and the Andean countries, are losing disturbingly large acreages of cropland each year because of severe erosion.
Стр. 102 - ... an assurance the affluent nations may be less able to provide in the future if the current system of autonomous, nationally oriented food planning is allowed to continue without modification.
Стр. 187 - The President is authorized to determine requirements and furnish agricultural commodities, on behalf of the people of the United States of America, to meet famine or other urgent or extraordinary relief requirements; to combat malnutrition, especially in children; to promote economic and community development in friendly developing areas; and for needy persons and nonprofit school lunch and preschool feeding programs outside the United States.
Стр. 98 - States brought back into production a small portion of the 50 million idle acres, and again in 1971, as a result of the corn blight in the United States. In 1973, in response to growing food scarcities, world grain reserves once more declined, and the...
Стр. 190 - The committee shall report to the House (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. For...