Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 25 October 1985:
Vol. 230. no. 4724, pp. 408 - 412
DOI: 10.1126/science.230.4724.408
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

U.S. Farm Dilemma: The Global Bad News Is Wrong

Dennis Avery 1

1 Senior agricultural analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520.

World agricultural production is at an all-time high and is climbing fast, especially in the developing countries. Even Africa has ample land and technology to feed its population, given more effective national policies. Higher agricultural output has been stimulated primarily by new technology, but also by investments and improved government policies. Constraints such as cropland shortage, soil erosion, and higher oil prices have been readily surmounted. High-technology agriculture has even overcome some major "systems breaks." Thus U.S. farmers will continue to face commercial surpluses of farm products in world markets in the years ahead.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Managing the Soils of Sub-Saharan Africa.
R. Lal and R. LAL (1987)
Science 236, 1069-1076
   Abstract »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)