Physiological Limitations on Crop Production Under Temperature and Moisture Stress (1969) / Chapter Skim
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1 General Aspects of Food Production Problems GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD PROBLEMS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Hilgard O'Reilly Sternberg, Department of Geography, University of California The nature and geographic distribution of the Western Hemisphere's food problems are affected by countless disparate factors -- physical, biotic, and cultural -- that vary in relative importance from place to place. There is need for placing technical problems, such as those to be discussed in this meeting, within an environmental context.
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2 present no problem that cannot be overcome with current agronomic techniques. Lying largely idle to this day, the coastal tablelands may well be a new and promising frontier for settlement.
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3 AGRONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Jose Guevara Calderon, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Chapingo, Mexico Most of the agronomic problems in the Western Hemisphere are derived from the economic and social development reached by each country. Canada and the United States are countries with fewer agronomic problems, and Latin American countries have plenty of problems.
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