1st Edition
Protein, Calories, And Development Nutritional Variables In The Economics Of Developing Countries
By Bernard Schmitt
Copyright 1979
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Production of world food supplies is related to more complicated socioeconomic variables than have previously been analyzed. Besides traditional inputs of land, labor, and fertilizer, the technological capabilities and a variety of nutritional and other human capital components are significant independent variables in explaining agricultural production in the developing world. The integration of... Read more
Foreword -- Preface -- The Global Food Problem: Past and Present -- Nutritional Requirements and Diet Quality -- Nutrient Sources and Their Relative Importance -- Production Relationships: Agricultural Commodities in the Developing Countries -- Agricultural Commodity Projections, 1985: An Alternative Approach -- Policy Implications of Nutrition for Developing Countries -- Conclusions -- Major Crops of Each Developing Country -- Calorie Content for Selected Commodities -- Chemical Scores, Limiting Amino Acids, Protein Content, and Conversion Factors for Important Foods -- Population and Food Supply in Individual Countries -- Letter Classifications for Percent Literate Among Adults -- Description of Data a Used in Estimation of Production Functions -- World Population, 1970 and Projections to 1985 and 1990 -- Production of Commodities in Developing Countries, 1970 (Thousand Metric Tons) -- Projected Commodity Balances for 1985: Developing Countries
Biography
Bernard A. Schmitt is an economist with the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation. He received his Ph.D. from Florida State University and served as a research economist with the Florida State Department of Commerce.
