La spada di Damocle malthusiana

The Sword of Malthusian Damocles

Antonio De Pin ()

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Food demand appears to be steadily increasing, as a function of population growth and income. These levels of consumption, never seen in the past, project the world into unknown scenarios, soon called to test the validity of Malthus law and its consequences. While questioning the capacity of supply to meet demand, agriculture is the main factor in the development of the economy. This leads to outline the main evolutionary motives of food consumption, which will increasingly exert their influence on the planet.

Keywords: food consumption; demography; food demand; food supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 Q11 Q18 Q21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07-01, Revised 2015-06-01
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Published in Intersezioni 65.65(2015): pp. 1-3

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