Possibilities of Increasing World Food Production |
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 |
v | 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 |