ABSTRACT
In 1998, the world grain harvest totaled 1.85 billion tons, down 30 million tons from 1997—a drop of nearly 2 percent. 1 (See Figure 1.) With world population growing by some 78 million in 1998, the per capita grain supply dropped to 312 kilograms, down from 321 kilograms the preceding year. 2 (See Figure 2.) This 3-percent decline marked the continuation of a per capita trend that has been under way since 1984. 3
