CONTENTS 



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I. Introduction 769 



U.S. Stake in Resolving the Food/Population Problem 769 



Growth of Population Versus Balanced Development 770 



Scope and Limitations of the Study 770 



II. Defining the Food/People Equation in Developing Countries 772 



Famine as Perceived in an Affluent Country 772 



Achievement and Maintenance of Adequate Diet in Europe 773 



The Malthusian Hypothesis and Its Revival 774 



Weaknesses in the Fundamental Data on Food and Agriculture 775 



Weaknesses in the Fundamental Data on Population 776 



Technical and Cultural Barriers to Birth Control 777 



Summary Statement of the Food/Population Problem 779 



III. Meeting Food Requirements of Developing Countries 781 



Defining Calorie Shortages of the LDCs 781 



Varying Needs for Fuel-Foods 781 



Food and Metabolism 783 



Technological Opportunities Opened by Plant Genetics 784 



Successes of the Green Revolution 784 



The Incomi)lete Promise of the Green Revolution 785 



The Problem of Water 786 



The Problem of Fertilizer 787 



The Problem of Farm Mechanization 788 



The Problem of Pests 789 



The Problem of Marketing 792 



The Problem of Taste 793 



Dealing With Shortages of Protein in the LDCs 793 



High-Protein Foods 794 



Easing the Shortage of Protein 794 



New Protein Sources 795 



Fortifying Foods 795 



Expansion of Traditional Protein Sources 797 



Vitamin Deficiencies and Corrective Measures 798 



Thiamine 798 



Riboflavin 799 



Niacin 799 



Vitamin A Deficiency 799 



Calcium Intake 799 



Other Nutritional Deficiencies 800 



Dietary Deficiencies. Public Health, and Economic Development- 800 



IV. The Politics and Diplomacy of Food 803 



Evolution of U.S. Technical Assistance to Agriculture in the 



LDCs 803 



LT.S. Food Aid to Developing Countries 804 



Present Status of Public Law 480 805 



Institutional Resources for Orderly Development of Agri- 

 culture 807 



Conflicting Agricultural Plans and Programs 809 



An Enumeration of Non-Technical Obstacles 810 



Surplus Versus Shortage 811 



Economic Dislocations 811 



Human Dislocations 814 



The Need for Social Reform 814 



Agricultural and Social Revolution 816 



The Impact of Food Programs on U.S. Diplomacy 817 



Trade Demands of the LDCs 818 



The Necessity for Balanced Development 819 



Requirements Impo.sed on U.S. Diplomacy 820 



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