POTENTIAL OF RESEARCH ON WORLD FOOD AND NUTRITION PROBLEMS

Charles E. French

No 283745, 1977 AAEA-WAEA Joint Meeting, July 31-August 3, San Diego, California from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper will draw on~ years of experience with the World Food and Nutrition Study (WFNS) of the National Academey of Sciences. I will give you a bit of background about that study, but my comments will not be restricted to it. Primarily I will define a professional issue -- namely that we as a profession lack a meaningful and exciting research agenda for our role in tackling world food and nutrition problems. Morc-0ver, we are failing effectively to communicate both our skills and our needs. I am not discussing a new topic 1 e.g. , Farrell did a most scholarly paper on many of these issues in his AAFA presidential address. Certainly the paper given here by Maurice Kelso will be a classic in our literature. My contribution lies especially in the chance to discuss a case study which involved substantial input from our profession. I will be optimistic al::out our profession and al::out t..'1-ie potential quality of life for most peoples -worldwide.

Keywords: Food; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 1977-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.283745

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