ISSUES OF FOOD AND POPULATION 



Allen, James E. and Lynda P. Cole "Birth/Death Control: the Social Implications 

 of Using Half a Technology. Technology Assessjnent, v. 2, Oct. 1974: 235-239. 

 "By failing to introduce similarly effective birth control technologies, we 

 have placed many countries in the position of having to deal with staggering 

 growth rates and the chaotic economic and social problems caused by such 

 growth." 

 Bahr^ Howard M., Bruce A. Chadwick, and Darwin L. Thomas, eds. Population, 

 Resources, and the Future: N^on-Mallhusian Perspectives. Utah, Brigham Young 

 University Press, 1972. 352 p. 

 Berelson, Bernard, ed. Population Policy in Developed Countries. New York, 

 McGraw Hill, Inc., 1974. 793 p. 

 A Population Council book. 

 Berg, Alan, et al. The Nutrition Factor: Its Role in National Development. Wash- 

 ington, D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1973. 290 p. 



The study was prepared under the auspices of the Brookings Institution 

 and the Foundation for Child Development. "The discussion, . . . covers 

 issues ranging widelj' from technology to the politics of nutrition. . . . 

 Chapters [deal] with malnutrition and development, nutrition and the popu- 

 lation dilemma, agricultural advances, problems in education . . ., infant 

 feeding practices . . . fortification of foods . . ., the potential contri- 

 butions of private industry, and public programs, lessons from the Indian 

 experiment, and a broad discussion of policy directions and program needs. 

 . . . The link between American domestic needs and foreign policy ap- 

 proaches to food distribution is very briefly but incisively explored. . . ." 

 With respect to implementation of successful nutrition efforts, "Berg exr 

 plores whether to fix administrative responsibility for nutrition programs on 

 an interministerial council, on an existing ministry, or on a separate agencj', 

 and tends to favor a separate agency. Councils, he says, have proven to be 

 ineffective" ; and an existing ministry, where nutrition programs may be under 

 the control of vested interests "is unlikely either to give support or to have 

 the breadth necessary for an effective nutrition program." 

 Brown, Lester R. hi the Human Interest. New York, W. W. Norton & Co. 1974. 

 190 p. 



Discusses the problems arising from population growth on a finite planet. 

 Brown, Lester R. and Erik P. Eckholm. By Bread Alone. New York, Praeger, 

 1974. 272 p. 



Explains how the spiraling rate of population growth plus increasing 



affluence is creating a demand for food that is straining the world's production 



capabilities. Calls for action now through population control and a change in 



diet of affluent minorit}'. 



Choucri, Nazli. Population Dynamics and International Violence: Propositions, 



Insights, and Evidence. Lexington, Lexington Books, 1974. 281 p. 



"A neglected side of the population problem and its political dynamism 

 is here examined rigorously and comprehensively. Interesting, suggestive, 

 but inevitably not altogether conclusive." 

 Cottam, Grant. The World Food Conference. [Hanover, N.H.] American Uni- 

 versities Field Staff, 1974. 10 p. (American Universities Field Staff. Fieldstaff 

 reports. West Europe series, v. 9, no. 5 [General]) 



"The World Food Conference's role in alleviating the imbalance between 



population growth and food production must be judged by follow-up action." 



Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. The Impact of an International 



Food Bank; a Report by a Task Force. [Ames, Iowa] 1973. 16 p. 

 Delville, Robert. "A Food Law for the Future." Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law 

 Journal, v. 28, May 1973: 351-358. 



Argues for international standardization in basic principles of food 

 regulation. 



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