ABSTRACT
At 1,881 million tons, the 1997 world grain harvest was up slightly from the previous record of 1,869 million tons in 1996. 1 (See Figure 1.) Yet production per person dropped from 324 kilograms in 1996 to 322 kilograms, a decline of nearly 1 percent. 2 (See Figure 2.) More important, the 1997 per capita figure was 6 percent below the all-time high of 342 kilograms in 1984. 3
