Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Food Experts Are Set to Map
Plan to Fill Worlds Cupbodrds

United Nations Food and Agricult-
ure Organization GAO.
The first theory is based on the
practical, realistic fact that in the
past when farmers produced huge
amounts of food all of the worlds
people did not have enough money
to buy it.
This created SURPRISES. even
even though there were millions of
hungry people, and the bottom
dropped from prices. From this
arose the argument that if produc-
ton Is limited. SURPRISES won't be
created and prices will stand up.
Second Theory.
The second theory is that produc-
ton can be increased substantially,
with enough for everyone to eat, and
prices can be maintained if more
efficient worldwide food distribu-
ton plan can be created,
FAC experts who will attend the
Geneva conference say that events,
rather than nations or persons, are
the greatest handicap to a program
of plenty When supply nears the
level of demand, prices begin to de-
cline and farmers lose the incentive
to produce.
Sir John Boyd Orr of Great
Britain, head of FAC, has said If
scarcity" theories prevail and if
no worldwide food production pro-
gram is developed. there is no al
tentative but a third world war"
The British already have started
what they describe as the worlds
greatest farm project in Africa,
raising peanuts. Britons already
are migrating there. France and
Belgium have similar projects in
Africa.
Latins' Food May Increase.
| And FAC food experts say Latin
American immigration plans, bring
ing Europeans to South America,
may increase food production on
that continent. These experts say
the Europeans may help introduce
farming practices to boost South
American production and open new
areas to farming.
An FAC report to the Geneva con-
ference says Africa and South
America have food possibilities "as
yet quite uncomprehended."
These experts do not propose to
glut world markets with gigantic
quantities of food. They have a
plan to propose at Geneva. 1t pro-
vides that food be sold in the world
markets as at present. But amounts
in excess of the market demands
would 60, at cut prices, to hungry
people in areas of low income and
low standards of living.
The FAC experts, after months of
study, said in an advance report to
the conference:
l.. The world population has in
creased by more than 175,000,000
since the start of World War II "a
greater number than the entire
population of the United States
and is continuing to increase by
about 100000 or 20.000000 year,
There are now more than 1000, 000,-
900 people in the world.
2. If all of the people of the world
are to enjoy good" diets. all of an
estimated 100000, 900 acres imme-
diately available arabic land and
much more will have to be placed
in production. mot even all the
available land is actually in pro-
duction)
w., Is Acres to Feed Man.
/ 8. I'm India there is half an acre
of cultivated land per person. = =" >
In developed countries with COM
paratively high standards of farm
ing 1t takes is acres to feed man. "
4. "Eeven If the farming standards
OF the most advanced countries
could be reached and passed, there
would still be insufficient food. and
to obtain adequate diets these Ash
attic countries Gndia and China)
would have to become large-scale
food importers.
5. "Vast areas of land remain I'M
settled chiefly because engineers and
doctors have not yet been put to
work to make them habitable. y
Principally such lands are in Africa