The State of Food and Agriculture 1997

• Information
• FOREWORD
• Glossary
• Explanatory note
  • Symbols
  • Dates and units
  • Statistics

PART I

WORLD REVIEW

• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD FOOD SECURITY
  • I. Current agricultural situation – facts and figures
    • 1. CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN 1996
    • 2. FOOD SHORTAGES AND EMERGENCIES
    • 3. WORLD CEREAL SUPPLY SITUATION AND OUTLOOK
    • 4. EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURE
    • 5. FOOD AID FLOWS
    • 6. INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRICES
    • 7. FISHERIES: CATCH, DISPOSITION AND TRADE
    • 8. PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF FOREST PRODUCTS
  • II. Overall economic environment and agriculture
    • WORLD ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
      • Economic outlook and the implications for agriculture
      • Agricultural outlook for the developing countries
  • III. Selected issues
    • FORESTS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT9
    • RAISING WOMEN’S PRODUCTIVITY IN AGRICULTURE
      • Introduction
      • The role of women in agricultural development
      • Investing in education: effects on productivity
      • Agricultural extension: the current situation
      • Gender barriers in extension and training
      • Improving extension services for women
      • Conclusion
    • GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ABATEMENT POLICIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
      • Introduction
      • Climate change and agriculture
      • Emission abatement polices: carbon leakage, terms of trade and welfare effects
      • Efficient outcomes reduce welfare losses to abaters and non-abaters alike
      • Implications and conclusions

PART II

REGIONAL REVIEW

AFRICA

• REGIONAL OVERVIEW
  • General economic performance
  • Agricultural performance
  • Policy developments
• MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA
  • Colonial heritage
  • Independence and agriculture under socialist systems
  • Economic liberalization in Mozambique
  • Issues in Mozambican agriculture today
  • Economic liberalization in Angola
  • Issues in Angolan agriculture today
• CONCLUDING REMARKS

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

• REGIONAL OVERVIEW
  • Economic developments
  • Agricultural performance
  • Issues and prospects for regional agriculture
• BANGLADESH
  • Socio-economic characteristics
  • Macroeconomic policy and performance
  • Agriculture in the Bangladeshi economy
  • Towards self-sufficiency
  • Agricultural policy reforms
  • Challenges faced by Bangladeshi agriculture
  • New phase of agricultural development

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

• REGIONAL OVERVIEW
  • The agricultural sector
  • Developments in agricultural policies
• PERU
  • General characteristics
  • Economic developments and policies
  • Agricultural sector performances and policies prior to 1990
  • Agricultural performances and policies since 1990
  • Concluding remarks

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

• REGIONAL OVERVIEW
  • Economic developments
  • Agricultural performances and issues
• EGYPT
  • Economic overview
  • Agricultural resources and prospects
  • Agricultural performances and policies
  • Consumer subsidies and food security

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

• CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
  • Decelerating economic growth and weaker agricultural performance
  • Developments in agrifood trade
  • Market-oriented reform and food security
  • Reduced production intensity and its environmental implications
• RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • Institutional reform
  • Economic restructuring
  • Trade policy
  • Long-term outlook and policy issues

PART III

THE AGROPROCESSING INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• INTRODUCTION
• AGROPROCESSING INDUSTRY: DEFINITION AND DIMENSIONS
  • Types of agroprocessing
  • Agroprocessing industry in figures
• DEVELOPMENTAL ROLE OF THE AGROPROCESSING INDUSTRY
  • Potential for agro-industry in developing countries
  • The specificity of agro-industry
  • Linkage effects
  • The agroprocessing industry in the process of development
  • The agroprocessing industry and the environment
• CHANGING CONDITIONS FOR THE AGROPROCESSING INDUSTRY
  • Agricultural support and trade regimes and patterns of agro-industrial production
  • Evolution of technology and food consumption patterns
  • Evolution of the agroprocessing industry and developing countries
• THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS
  • Agrifood trade and interdependence of national agrifood systems
  • Multinationals in the internationalization process
  • Importance of economy-wide policies
  • Promoting domestic agriculture
  • Investment and technology policies
  • Protecting the environment
  • Protecting the consumer

ANNEX TABLE

• Countries and territories used for statistical purposes

• Special chapters
• SELECTED FAO Economic and Social Development Papers
• TIME SERIES FOR SOFA’97 DISKETTE