Population and Food Strategy for 21st century -Asia and World-

アジア人口・開発協会

平成8年度

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

SUMMARY

Chapter One BALANCE IN THE WORLD (Population and Food)

1 Current World Population

2 Future World Population

3 The Relationship between Population and Food

4 Hopes and fears about the Supply and demand of the world's food

5 The Cold War Structure maintained the World's Food Supply and Demand System

6 Heeding the Pessimistic Warnings

7 The issue of the World Food Problem

Chapter Two POPULATION OF THE WORLD

1 Theme of the Chapter

2 Trends of World Population

3 Population Explosion in Developing Region and Efforts for its Stabilization

4 Long-rang World Population Projection

5 Carring Capicity of the Earth

6 Impact of the World Population Growth and Adjustment to it

7 Conclusion

Chapter Three THE CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE IN ASIAN COUNTRIES

Introduction

1 Change in the Industrial Structure from an Agricultural base to a Manufacturing base

2 The Increase in the Manufacturing Industry

3 Causes of Industrial Structural Change

4 Influence of Trade on Industrial Structural Change

5 Advancing the Industry and Labor Force

Conclusion

Chapter Four AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES

1 South East Asia

2 South Asia

Chapter Five APPRAISAL AND FUTURE OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION'

Introduction

1 Technical Appraisal of the Green Revolution

2 Economic and Social Appraisal of the Green Revolution

3 Future Prospects and Issues for the Green Revolution

Chapter Six FOOD SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THE YEAR 2020 JAPAN

1 Causes of the grain crisis in 1996

2 Changes in agricultural policies in Europe and America after the late eighties

3 Factors of supply

4 Demand factors

5 The effect of agricultural, forestry and fishery products imports in Japan

6 Tightness of grain supply and demand towards the 21st century

7 Prospects for world grain supply and demand, and the attitude of the Japanese agricultural and forestry industries