Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment
As the world's population increases by almost 100 million people each year during the next two to three decades-the largest annual population increase in history- agricultural intensification, i.e. production of more food on land already being cultivated, is a must. There is little scope for increas...
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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
1994
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| author | Pinstrup-Andersen, Per Pandya-Lorch, Rajul |
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| description | As the world's population increases by almost 100 million people each year during the next two to three decades-the largest annual population increase in history- agricultural intensification, i.e. production of more food on land already being cultivated, is a must. There is little scope for increasing cultivated land in Asia, North Africa, and Central America, while in Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, physical and technological constraints are likely to restrain large-scale conversion of potentially cultivable land [Dram and Hojjati (1994)]. Agricultural intensification is already the main source of increased food production. I Intensive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation technology, in combination with higher-yielding crop varieties, has led to enough food being produced in the world such that if it were evenly distributed, no one would go hungry. Global food production per capita increased from about 260 kilograms (kgs) in 1950 to about 350 kgs in the early 1990s [FAD (1992)]. In developing countries the corresponding increase was from 170 kgs to 250 kgs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1708112025-01-30T02:13:37Z Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment Pinstrup-Andersen, Per Pandya-Lorch, Rajul poverty agricultural productivity environmental protection As the world's population increases by almost 100 million people each year during the next two to three decades-the largest annual population increase in history- agricultural intensification, i.e. production of more food on land already being cultivated, is a must. There is little scope for increasing cultivated land in Asia, North Africa, and Central America, while in Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, physical and technological constraints are likely to restrain large-scale conversion of potentially cultivable land [Dram and Hojjati (1994)]. Agricultural intensification is already the main source of increased food production. I Intensive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation technology, in combination with higher-yielding crop varieties, has led to enough food being produced in the world such that if it were evenly distributed, no one would go hungry. Global food production per capita increased from about 260 kilograms (kgs) in 1950 to about 350 kgs in the early 1990s [FAD (1992)]. In developing countries the corresponding increase was from 170 kgs to 250 kgs. 1994 2025-01-29T12:57:21Z 2025-01-29T12:57:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170811 en Limited Access application/pdf Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Pinstrup-Andersen, Per; Pandya-Lorch, Rajul. 1994. Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment. Pakistan Development Review 33(4): 463-496. https://doi.org/10.30541/V33I4IPP.463-496 |
| spellingShingle | poverty agricultural productivity environmental protection Pinstrup-Andersen, Per Pandya-Lorch, Rajul Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment |
| title | Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment |
| title_full | Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment |
| title_fullStr | Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment |
| title_short | Poverty, agricultural intensification, and the environment |
| title_sort | poverty agricultural intensification and the environment |
| topic | poverty agricultural productivity environmental protection |
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