Food or famine : an account of the crop science program supported by the International Development Research Centre

Ker, A.D.R. (1979) Food or famine : an account of the crop science program supported by the International Development Research Centre. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa .

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Abstract

In 1974 the world experienced a serious food crisis Among the factors contributing in this situation were adverse weather conditions over several years in the USSR, China, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Sahelian Africa, and the sudden large increase in oil prices in 1973, both of which caused worldwide inflationary pressures. Several hundred thousand deaths were caused, directly or indirectly,by the famine in Sahelian Africa in spite of food aid programs that ran into millions of tonnes Public attention was focused on the problem by the United Nations World Food Conference held in Rome the same year

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sorghum and Millets, Food legumes and Oil seeds, Root Crops, Cropping Systems, RP1209
Author Affiliation:	IDRC, Ottawa
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2014 04:30
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2014 04:30
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13277

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