World review and outlook

- Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Main Title: The State of Food and Agriculture 1959 , pp 12-92
- Publication Date: September 1959
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/f0431e09-en
- Language: English
There was a large expansion of agricultural production in 1958/59 after the pause in the preceding year. Most of the increased output, especially of cereals, has not moved into consumption and the growth of stocks was accelerated. The continuing fall in the prices of agricultural products on world markets was made sharper by the recession, and total earnings of agricultural exports in 1958 are estimated to have been some 9 percent smaller, in real terms, than the year before. The continued deterioration in the terms of trade of agricultural exporting countries, among which are included most of the less-developed parts of the world, has further limited their capacity to import, including imports of the capital goods essential for economic progress.
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