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1.5 1.0 Food ratio 0.5 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1-3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1-3 presents an assumption about how the food per person is related ...
1.5 1.0 Food ratio 0.5 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1-3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1-3 presents an assumption about how the food per person is related ...
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Figure 3-8 shows the relationship between birth rate and food ratio that has been used here . Food ratio FR is measured as a multiple of the per capita food in 1970 . A ratio of 2 would represent twice the food per person that is found ...
Figure 3-8 shows the relationship between birth rate and food ratio that has been used here . Food ratio FR is measured as a multiple of the per capita food in 1970 . A ratio of 2 would represent twice the food per person that is found ...
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It is a dimensionless ratio obtained by dividing the food potential from capital investment FPCI by the 1970 food normal FN and then multiplying by the influences of crowding and pollution and by a food coefficient FC .
It is a dimensionless ratio obtained by dividing the food potential from capital investment FPCI by the 1970 food normal FN and then multiplying by the influences of crowding and pollution and by a food coefficient FC .
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Introduction | 1 |
Toward a Global Equilibrium | 112 |
Epilogue | 123 |
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