Foreword

The most pressing problems of food and agriculture at the present time are centered in the economically less-developed countries of the world. In the more highly-developed countries a level of productivity has been reached which makes it possible for the relatively small percentage of the population engaged in agriculture to provide a nutritionally adequate diet for the rest of the population, and aLo to earn it 1C01110. which, even though they usually lag behind incomes in other occupations, are far in advance of those of farmers in less-developed countries. In some instances, as is well known, a major problem, and it is not a light one, is how to dispose of the abundant supplies resulting from the great advances in agricultural methods ¡nade during the last fetv decades.

Sustainable Development Goals:

No Poverty

Responsible Consumption and Production

Decent Work and Economic Growth