World Hunger: Approaches to Engineering Actions Report of a Seminar (1975) / Chapter Skim
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
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A combination of unfortunate circumstances -- bad weather, poor harvests, sharply rising prices for energy and fertilizer -- precipitated a world food crisis in the last two years. Hardest hit were the people in the poorest and some of the most populous Third World countries.
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For the United States, which supplies 60 percent of the international trade in feed grains, Senator Humphrey proposed two key measures: a coherent national food policy that includes building food reserves and initiating a worldwide information and data network on crop production and reserves -- both promising safeguards in a food security system. Following this, John Mellor assessed the potential for agricultural growth in developing countries through the appropriate application of research and technology.
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In developing new foods, designing new machines, and introducing new technologies, the efforts of scientists and engineers must be "socially acceptable." New methods of food processing, storage, transport, handling, and marketing bulk quantities have resulted in substantial savings in developed countries. However, the introduction of similar technologies in developing countries frequently requires better warehousing, roads, and machinery, for a start, before significant benefits can be realized.
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Naftalin, who organized the seminar, and Pushpa Nand Schwartz who prepared this document, are commended for their fine efforts.
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