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Productivity in agriculture must grow rapidly to keep food supply in balance with the ever increasing demand. Demand for food is controlled by the expansion of the world population (the current world population of 5.3 billion will increase to 8.4 billion by 2025) and the change in the demand (from grain to a meat-based diet) (MacKenzie 1994). It is estimated that in the developing countries over the next 30 years, a large increase in grain production of around 150% must materialize, or from 1.067 to 2.555 billion tons, to meet the projected food demand (Yudelman 1993). Table 1 gives a summary of the expected growth in population and food demand in the developing (LDC’s) and the developed countries (DC’s) over the period 1992 and 2025. The calculations are based on the study of Yudelman (1993) and FAO 1993.
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Feyen, J. (1996). Professional Training Requirements. In: Pereira, L.S., Feddes, R.A., Gilley, J.R., Lesaffre, B. (eds) Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8700-6_32
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