20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 14,1968
Era In
USDA
New
Says
A new era in world .agmcul- increases in the two countues
ture, characterized by “explosive over the last two years have ap
inereases” m major food crops P 1 cached or-exceeded those of
of Asia, could bring one and one the preceding two decades, he
half billion people of the less sai( t
developed countues into the “Thus tar the most rapid ad-
Tvventieth Century, according to vances have been concentrated
Lester R. Brown, Administrator in Asia, a region containing
of USDA’s International Agn- more than half the world’s
cultuial Development Service people Within ti i. -xt several
Brown, leadott speaker at a years the agricultural levolu-
Kansas Symposium on World Uon will likely spieac' to most
Population and Food Supply, of the less developed woild ”
said that the agricultuial levolu- While good weathei was cer
tion in Asia, now enteung its tnnly a factor. Biown said the
second year wnll affect not only s haip use m food output must
food supplies, but political and attubuted to U S imest
social tiends as well irents. public and pm ate in
“Pakistan s and India's wheat agiicultiual impio\emen t of the
ciops aie up 37 and 35 peicent less developed countues and
ovei the pievious lecoid Yield ircieased interest in agucultuie
ROHRER’S MILL
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GRUBB SUPPLY CO
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within those countues National pointed out they use faitil-zsr problems are aheady emerging
budgets included higher appio rnrue efficiently than tiaditional The big haivests aie straining
pnations foi agucullura, fei- ciops can bs planted at any antiquated ma.kstmg systems
tilizer impoits weie increased time of jear in the tropics if To take advantage of the new
and an exciting new technology watei is available, and, they technology, small farmers will
—in the foim of high-yielding ripen in 120 days instead of 150 need ciedit Another problem,
vaneties of ceieals—was intio- to ISO, permitting double or he said, is the possibility of low
duced taple cropping Thus, B own er gram prices resulting from
“These vaueties may be to the SJId ’ !t P a .V s the farmer to in- temporary surpluses in local
agricultural i evolution in these vest in eqmnment aid irrigation, aieas, which mi°xi. discouiage
countries what the steam en - because each day an acre of land farmers.
gine was to the industrial revolu- bes idle can cost him 40 pounds Rising food production could
tlon in Europe/ 5 Brown stated °f paddy (rough rice) be a catalyst in building the
The new varieties are revolu- Brown warned, however, that economies of less developed
“second generation” (Continued on Vagi l 261
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