ABSTRACT
World Food Demand and Supply World food consumption and production have each grown about 2.2 percent per annum since 1970, while in developing countries consumption has grown about 3.7 percent and production 3.5 percent. Cereals
are the most important sources of food and, since the mid-1960s, world cereal production has risen by roughly one billion tons per year. It is likely that an additional billion tons in production per year will be needed by 2030 to meet food needs of a world population expanding in numbers and in income. It is also likely that cereal imports by developing countries will increase from about 10 percent of consumption to about 15 percent.
