FAO PREDICTIONS
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DEVELOPING countries will become increasingly dependent on cereal, meat and milk imports by the year 2030, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation has claimed, which says they could be producing only 86 per cent of their own cereal needs, with net imports rising from103 million tonnes today to 265 million tonnes.
DEVELOPING countries will become increasingly dependent on cereal, meat and milk imports by the year 2030, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation has claimed, which says they could be producing only 86 per cent of their own cereal needs, with net imports rising from103 million tonnes today to 265 million tonnes.
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