Dimensions of need

	Foreword by the Rt Hon the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, Minister for Overseas Development, United Kindom
	Introduction by Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of FAO Origins of FAO FAO's broad mandate Paving the way to food security A brief history of FAO
Food and people
	Human nutrition: Key to health and development What is a balanced diet? Nutrients and where to find them Energy requirements and expenditure Undernourishment and malnutrition Average daily energy supply per caput Diet-related non-communicable diseases
	People and populations at risk Rural-urban poverty indicators Global refugees Gross national product and food security Africa in context The spectre of famine
	Availability of food: How countries compare Low-income food-deficit countries Foodcrops and shortages
	Staple foods: What do people eat? The sources of food Proportions of food in average diets Other important nutritional sources - complementary foods
	Who are the food producers? Division of labour by gender Farming systems in the developing world Cultivators Forest people Pastoralists Fisherfolk
	Impact of poverty on life Rural family: Bangladesh Industrial labourer's family: Colombia Small-scale fishing family: Tanzania Landless family: the Philippines Pastoral family: Mali Farm family: Central African Republic Farm family: Nepal Forest family: Viet Nam Family suffering from AIDS: Uganda
	Feeding the world: The search for food security Agriculture and population What is food security? Pressures on resources for food production International Conference on Nutrition
Protect and produce
	The soil Soil limits agriculture Soil texture variation Fertilizer use Typical soil profiles World soil resources Agricultural potential
	Water: A finite resource Where the water is The hydrological cycle Annual water use Water availability and water scarcity Irrigation Percentage of land irrigated Salt of the earth threatens production on irrigated land
	Restoring the land Impact of soil erosion Degraded soils Soil degradation by area and type plus major causes Fighting erosion
	How many people can the land support? Critical countries Cultivated areas and gross reserves Limitations on crop potential Five steps to getting the best use from the land
	Fisheries at the limit? Fish production and utilization Contribution of fish to diet Responsible fishing Fishing zones International fishery commissions Top fishing nations Top marine catches
	Aquaculture: From hunter to farmer The growth of aquaculture Inland fisheries and aquaculture Top aquaculture producers
	Forests of the world Global distribution of forests Forest types Projected uses and speed of destruction Loss of natural forest cover
	Wealth from the wild Animal products Plant products Services What are forests worth? People and wildlife Ecotourism
	Controlling pests Species resistant to pesticides Worldwide locust distribution Pesticide safety Controlling the desert locust Change in pesticide use
	Biological diversity Number of species by area Domesticated animals at risk
	Sustainable agriculture and rural development Areas affected by atmospheric and coastal pollution Essential ingredients for sustainable development Agenda 21 Elements for sustainable agriculture and rural development
Building the global community
	A family of nations: 'Haves' and 'have nots' Gaps in human development Income disparity between the richest and the poorest
	World trade: Why is it important? Share of agriculture in world exports World agricultural exports Share of agricultural production and merchandise exports Commodity prices Commodity indices Wheat Rice Jute Shrimp/shrimp products GATT and the World Trade Organization Effect of the Uruguay Round Agricultural trade
	Food aid Food aid recipients Cereal commodities as food aid Cereal imports of low-income food-deficit countries World food programme emergency operations
	Beating the debt burden Developing countries: external debt total Debt service Debt as percentage gross national product Debt as percentage foreign exchange earnings Per caput debt Heavily indebted countries
	The challenge of food production Agricultural research personnel expenditures: developing and developed countries Changing focus of agricultural research and development Areas of genetic diversity The agricultural research network
	Biotechnology The world's major national plant gene banks Achievements Self-cloning seeds A weapon against cattle plague Vine-fresh tomatoes Nitrogen-fixing rice A tool for conservation Eradicating the screwworm
	The view from space: Building models of the world How a remote sensing system works Satellites used for remote sensing How a geographic information system works GIS in practice: the example of tsetse fly in Africa
	Transfer of technology Some technology transfer opportunities Major FAO information systems Regional centres and organizations Regional networks and programmes Selected examples of technical cooperation among developing countries
	A question of commitment Overseas aid flows Assistance to agriculture Farmers participation in agricultural extension Indicators of rural poverty
Food and agriculture: the future
	The right to food
	Agriculture in the twenty-first century Food supplies and crop production Share planted to modern wheat varieties in developing countries Increasing yields Water resources Fertilizer use in developing countries Rural poverty Rural illiteracy
	Sharing the world's resources National energy consumption levels Rates of change in food production
	Global warming How the greenhouse effect works Worldwide forecasts Concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and their contribution to global warming
	The challenge of sustainability Five root causes of unsustainable practices Drylands Irrigated land Tropical forests Hill and mountain areas Proposals for progress The Den Bosch declaration
	Fair and free trade The Uruguay Round of trade negotiations Probable evolution of net agricultural trade balance
	Tapping the peace dividend World military spending Global military expenditure and the peace divided A global tax for development
	Promises to keep

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