—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31.1969
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FAO Official Says Unemployment, Not Hunger
Greatest Danger From Population Explosion
Hunger in the developing
countries is no longer the great
est danger resulting from the
population explosion, according
to Keith Abeiciombie, an Eng
lishman who is a senior econo
mist of the Food and Agncul
tine Organization of the United
Kations
Writing in the cm rent issue
of FAO’s Monthly Bulletin of
Agiicultuial Economics and Sta
tistics, he says that employment
pioblems in poor countries
threaten to be moie difficult to
o\ ei come than the lag in food
pioduction
Aheiciombie points out that
while impioved tanning meth
ods and high Melding seed
vaueties aie beginning to ease
the woild tood situation, it is
geneiallv the laiger and medi
um laimeis with saungs to in
vest and access to ciedit who
are in a position to take advan
tage ot the new technology.
The uual aieas of most de
veloping countues will for a
long time to come contain laige
rumbeis of faimers with little
economic opportunity beyond
tne pioduction of their own sub
sistence needs,’’ he saj-s
' The persistence of such
groups will be prolonged if
xapid population growth con
tinues, as well as by policies of
concentiatmg scarce resources
on more favoied areas Their
difficulties will be increased as
the extension of the agricultur
al aiea becomes less easy and
the pressme ot the agricultural
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population on the available landhas tended to be obscured in re
area increases.” cent years by the urgent need
The massive population to solve the short-run food sup
giowth beginning in the 1950's ply problem as rapidly as possi
has swollen the labor foices of ble,” he writes.
the poor countries, and many When there is a choice be
young people are moving to the tween employing more people
uiban areas to find work, only or displacing them by machines,
to join the ranks of the unem- labor-intensive methods should
ployed or semi-employed Since obviously be used wherever pos
it is impossible to create ui ban sible.
oppoitunities quickly enough, “Scarce capital resources
it is desirable that for the time should be used to increase ur
being as many people as possi- ban employment rather than to
ble should be induced to stay on reduce rural employment,” he
the land, where they at least adds.
hav ea i elatively assured food The article says that it should
supply and some employment, still be possible to find ways of
he says. _ limiting inequalities in the farm
Aberciombie's article lists a community without jeopaidiz
number of actions which should mg the pace of agricultural de
be taken to help these groups: velopment spearheaded by the
’ The first essential is to more advanced farmers. Land
recognize their existence, which i eform in some areas includ-
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time as well as full-time,” Aber
crombie writes. “Part-time
farming both in the sense of
farmers working part time in
members of the family work
other occupations and of some
mg on the farm and others else
where has assumed consider
able importance in most deve
loped countries, and is begin
ning to do the same in some
developed countries.”
The article says that agricul
tural processing industries of
ten find it more economic to be
close to consuming areas than
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