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The Myth of Global Hunger |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Dennis T. Avery |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1997 |
| Size: 2,169 Words, 14,183 Characters |
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These dire forecasts were followed by a call for radical population-control programs, under the assumption that it would be difficult if not impossible to increase farming yields enough to feed the burgeoning population.
Lester Brown, for example, in his 1974 book By Bread Alone, warned ominously, "The choice is between famine and family planning."
But while the food-shortage and famine prophesies have yet to come true, recent years have seen a renewal of these predictions, spurred by two current trends:
lGlobal grain stocks, used as reserves in years of short harvest or high demand, fell to a near-record low in 1995--96 of only 45 days of consumption.
lThe economic success of many Third World countries, especially in Asia, is giving large populations the individual incomes the...
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...rom their claims that humanity would soon hit the limits to the earth's bounty. Despite repeatedly failed predictions of disaster and continuing demonstrations of human ingenuity and adaptability, they believe the good times have passed.
Yet, looking at the trends in population growth, crop yields, land use, and food demand, the doomsday scenarios seem less likely with every passing year.¯
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