Food needs and population growth. Draft document.

Besoins alimentaires et croissance démographique. Version provisoire.

Author(s) : FAO

Type of monograph: Other

Summary

This document is one of a series of technical documents drafted for the World Food Summitt (the final version will be disseminated at a date closer to the Summitt). It emphasizes the energy needs considered as the minimum for estimating the corresponding quantity of energy of plant origin. The energy needs are estimated for 2050 according to the different scenarios based on demographic and nutritional variables and their interaction. Extract from the table of contents: balance between population and food production since 1950; examples of scenarios for the future.

Details

  • Original title: Besoins alimentaires et croissance démographique. Version provisoire.
  • Record ID : 1996-3827
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: Figures, economy, Developing country
  • Publication: FAO - Italy/Italy
  • Publication date: 1996/06
  • Collection:
  • Source: Source: WFS 96-TECH-10; 63 p. (21 x 29.7); fig.; tabl.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.