Balanced Development of Resources

Carl P. Heisig, Hugh H. Wooten and Raymond P. Christensen

No 344088, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: If our population doubles in the next half century as it did in the last 50 years, we will need to expand farm production by as much as we are now producing in order to meet consumptive needs. At the same time, with more people, more land will be needed for urban and industrial development, highways, airports, and other urban uses. Can we find ways of doubling farm output on still less land than we have now? Various suggestions are offered, such as reclamation of now unused land, increased irrigation, and shifts from forest to cropland.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9
Date: 1958
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344088

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