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| Title | Worldwide loss of cropland |
| Creator/Author | Brown, L.R. |
| Publication Date | 1978 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5529091 |
| Resource Type | Book |
| Resource Relation | Related Information: Worldwatch Paper 24 |
| Research Org | Worldwatch Inst., Washington, DC (USA) |
| Subject | 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; INDUSTRY; RESOURCE CONSERVATION |
| Description/Abstract | Few things will affect future human well-being more directly than the balance between people and cropland. If recent population and cropland trends continue, that balance will almost certainly be upset, leading to economic uncertainty and political instability. Avoiding large, politically destabilizing rises in food prices between now and the end of the century may not be possible without a mammoth effort to protect cropland from nonfarm uses, to improve the management of soils, and, most importantly, to quickly reduce the rate of population growth. Agricultural land can no longer be treated as a reservoir, an inexhaustible source of land for industry, urbanization, and the energy sector. Cropland is becoming scarce. In a world of continuously growing demand for food, it must be viewed as an irreplaceable resource, one that is paved over or otherwise taken out of production only under the most pressing circumstances and as a result of conscious public policy. 69 references. |
| Publisher | Worldwatch Institute,Washington, DC |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 48 |
| Availability | Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 $2.00. |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 06 |
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