Possibilities of Increasing World Food Production

Front Cover

Contents

Foreword
1
Magnitude of the future needs for food
11
THE SAVANNAS OF AFRICA AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA
41
IRRIGATION IN THE DESERT AND SEMIDESERT LANDS
65
THE POSSIBILITIES OF EXTENDING CULTIVATION IN THE WELL
73
Possibilities of increasing crop yields
82
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127
Rice in the Far East
131
Aggregate production per hectare in the Far East
137
Selected other crops
143
SOME COMPARISONS BETWEEN LIVESTOCK YIELDS
161
Sheep
168
Improvement of grasslands
174
Potential carrying capacities
184

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