Chemistry And World Food Supplies

Soil and crop management for efficient use of water and nutrients;integrated approaches to pest management;the role of chemistry and biochemistry in improving animal production systems;contributions of chemistry and biochemistry to developing new and improved food sources;chemistry and biochemistry in the processing and storage of food;chemistry in the assessment and control of the food supply;the forward edge.

Our greatest challenge - feeding a hungry world; Economical anda social factors influencing the use of chemicals in agriculture; The future role of chemistry in removing constraints on food production and utilization; Biological constraints on food production and on the level and efficient use of chemical inputs; Physical and chemical constraints to food production in the tropics;Basic chemical research and future food supplies; Food and energy - independent world needs; Feeding the world during the nest doubling of the world population; World hunger: problems and opportunities.