Download or read book World Food Needs and Availabilities 1986 87 Winter Update Classic Reprint written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from World Food Needs and Availabilities, 1986/87: Winter Update This report presents two alternative measures of the overall food import requirements (commercial plus concessional) and the additional food needs of each country for 1986/ 87 and 1987/ 88. The status guo and nutrition - based assessments are based on two different sets of normative judgments and assumptions regarding the role of additional food and the considerations that might govern its use. The basic assumption underlying the status guo assessment is that additional food would be needed to prevent food supplies, and hence consumption, from falling below recent levels. Meeting status quo food needs would in principle stabilize per capita use by filling shortfalls in domestic production and import capacity. The nutrition - based assessment addresses the continuing problem of undernutrition in many of the developing countries. The assumption is that additional food would be needed to close the gap between food availabilities and an internationally accepted minimum nutritional standard. The nutrition - based estimates thus provide an aggregate measure of the nutritional gap, net of recipient countries' capacity to import food commercially. Calculation of zero nutrition-based food needs does not mean all citizens have a nutritionally adequate diet. In developing countries, poor nutrition is frequently the consequence of poor income distribution. Status quo food needs assessments are stabilized by the method of estimating annual base period per capita food use. Base period food use is calculated as the mean of the most recent 4 years that deviate less than one standard deviation from the mean of the most recent 8 years of record. The method is explained in the Methodological Notes section of the August 1986 report. Appendix A to the May, 1986 report presents the results of an assessment employing both the present and the earlier method of calculating base period per capita food use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book World Food Needs and Availabilities 1987 88 Winter Update Classic Reprint written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from World Food Needs and Availabilities, 1987/88: Winter Update This report presents two alternative measures of the overall food import requirements (commercial plus concessional) and the additional food needs of each country for and The status quo and nutrition based assessments are based on two different sets of normative judgments and assumptions regarding the role of additional food and the considerations that might govern its use. The basic assumption underlying the status quo assessment is that additional food would be needed to prevent national food supplies, and hence total consumption, from falling below recent levels. Meeting status quo food needs would in principle stabilize national per capita use by filling shortfalls in domestic production and import capacity. The nutrition-based assessment addresses the continuing problem of undernourishment in many of the developing countries. The assumption is that additional foo'd would be needed to close the gap between national food availabilities and an internationally accepted minimum nutritional standard. The nutrition-based estimates thus provide an aggregate measure of the nutritional gap, net of recipient countries' capacity to import food commercially. Calculation of zero nutrition-based food needs does not mean all citizens have a nutritionally adequate diet. In developing countries, poor nutrition is frequently the consequence of poor income distribution. Status quo food needs assessments are stabilized by the method of estimating annual base period per capita food use. While the base moves forward annually, it does not fluctuate as sharply as would a simple average. Base period food use is calculated as the mean of the most recent 4 years that deviate less than one standard deviation from the mean of the most recent 8 years of record. The method is explained in the Methodological Notes section of this report. The most current available weather, crop production, and financial data were employed in updating assessments. With new or changed crop information, production and additional food needs estimates change, sometimes sharply. The supplementary reports issued through the year provide users with assessments based on current weather and crop information. The assessments are based on projected agricultural production, trade and general economic trends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book World Food Needs and Availabilities 1987 88 Fall Update Classic Reprint written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from World Food Needs and Availabilities, 1987/88: Fall Update This report presents two alternative measures of the overall food import requirements (commercial plus concessional) and the additional food needs of each country for and The status quo and nutrition-based assessments are based on two different sets of normative judgments and assumptions regarding the role of additional food and the considerations that might govern its use. The basic assumption underlying the status quo assessment is that additional food would be needed to prevent national food supplies, and hence total consumption, from falling below recent levels. Meeting status quo food needs would in principle stabilize national per capita use by filling shortfalls in domestic production and import capacity. The nutrition-based assessment addresses the continuing problem of undernutrition in many of the developing countries. The assumption is that additional food would be needed to close the gap between national food availabilities and an internationally accepted minimum nutritional standard. The nutrition-based estimates thus provide an aggregate measure of the nutritional gap, net of recipient countries' capacity to import food commercially. Calculation of zero nutrition-based food needs does not mean all citizens have a nutritionally adequate diet. In developing countries, poor nutrition is frequently the consequence of poor income distribution. Status quo food needs assessments are stabilized by the method of estimating annual base period per capita food use. While the base moves forward annually, it does not fluctuate as sharply as would a simple average. Base period food use is calculated as the mean of the most recent 4 years that deviate less than one standard deviation from the mean of the most recent 8 years of record. The method is explained in the Methodological Notes section of this report. The most current available weather, crop production, and financial data were employed in updating assessments. With new or changed crop information, production and additional food needs estimates change, sometimes sharply. The supplementary reports issued through the year provide users with assessments based on current weather and crop information. The assessments are based on projected agricultural production, trade and general economic trends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book World Food Needs and Availabilities 1988 89 written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from World Food Needs and Availabilities, 1988/89: Winter This is the third report in the World Food Needs and Availabilities series for Coverage has been reduced to 55 countries, as explained in the August issue. Additional food needs are no longer analyzed for all countries in the initial issue of World Food Needs and Availabilities. Each quarterly report analyzes only those countries for which current cr0p information is available: 15 countries in the summer, 17 in the fall, and 23 in the winter. When circumstances war rant, countries' needs are te-assessed and the findings reported. The spring issue will present final adjustments as needed. The 24 countries included in this issue are listed in the table of contents. Complete updates have been done on these countries. Estimates of and regional food needs are based on full analysis of the 55 countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book World Food Needs and Availabilities 1987 88 Spring Update Classic Reprint written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from World Food Needs and Availabilities, 1987/88: Spring Update This update of World Food Needs and Availabilities reports a quarter-million-ton increase in North African cereal needs and a increase of nearly 1 million tons. The increase is in Morocco and that of is in Tunisia. Earlier reported food needs at the level of million tons in sub-saharan Africa are reaffirmed, and needs in are anticipated to be slightly higher. However, assessed needs in South Asia, after adjustments to maintain stock levels, are reduced by tons to million and anticipated needs in are down sharply to million tons. Crop estimates for assume commonly experienced crop losses due to drought and pests. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book World Food Needs and Availabilities 1989 90 written by United States Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from World Food Needs and Availabilities, 1989/90: Winter Nutrition-based needs in are 30 mil lion tons, up tons from Rising cereal prices on world markets, poor export earnings and continued debt service requirements are limiting the ability of devel Oping countries to pay for food imports. Wheat prices continue strong because of tight exporter supplies relative to demand. For sub-saharan Africa, status quo needs, including stock adjustments, are placed at million tons, up tons from Needs are also up sharply in North Africa, from million tons to million, including stock adjustments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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