Over recent years, the world food situation has changed radically. Although Africa is still in deficit Asia is now not only self-sufficient overall but is even a small exporter: China, for example, exported nearly five million tons of corn in 1985. The effects of this restructuring of world food production have been far-reaching. In the USA farmers are producing more food than can be sold and farm debts are soaring as land values decline. This article urges the need for the development of new crops and new usages.
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