16 research outputs found
Analysis on Technical Efficiency of Rice Farms and Its Influencing Factors in South-western of Niger
Why the poor pay with their lives: oil pipeline vandalisation, fires and human security in Nigeria
Taking Stock of Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements in the Context of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: Evidence from 20 Aid-Dependent Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The politics of the forest frontier: Negotiating between conservation, development, and indigenous rights in Cross River State, Nigeria
Countries with Rapid Population Growth and Resource Constraints: Issues of Food, Agriculture, and Development
Recent long-term demographic projections suggest a fast deceleration of global population growth and the eventual peaking of world population later in this century at about 9.2 billion, roughly 50 percent above the present level. Some low-income and food-insecure countries, however, have projected populations in 2050 that are multiples of present ones. In some of these countries agriculture must play a leading role in their development efforts because they have high economic dependence on that sector. For those among them that have scarce agricultural resources, a prima facie case can be made that the high population growth rates projected may not be compatible with the development potential offered by such resources. Their demographic projections may need to be revisited, taking into account such inadequate potential. The global demographic slowdown notwithstanding, the "population explosion"-related issues pertaining to food and agriculture will not become irrelevant but will be become increasingly localized. Copyright 2005 The Population Council, Inc..