1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Olson, R.A.
Argument continues in the world press as to the urgency of the food problem. Some economists in equating world food production statistics with population figures have convinced themselves there is more than enough food per capita and, accordingly, no problem. Looking in greater
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Lamm, C.G.
This year the joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture celebrates its 10th anniversary. The aim of these two United Nations organizations is to ensure that the technical services of both FAO and IAEA are fully co-ordinated and their programmes are
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Rabson, R.
There are compelling reasons for attempting to increase the quality and quantity of protein available in crop plants through plant breeding, despite the fact that some critics have argued that no worldwide protein shortage exists. What used to be thought of as a 'protein gap'
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Olson, R.A. Halstead, E.H.
A world-wide fossil fuel crisis has surfaced in the past year by reason of shortage and high cost, which is felt throughout all segments of human society. Nor has the agriculture sector, with its very high demand for energy to supply its power, machinery, fertilizer, processing
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Hickman, J.R.
It has been stated that food irradiation represents the most significant discovery in food processing since Nicholas Appert invented canning in 1810. Certainly it is a process with great future potential; it is attractive because it works without heating the product, it is
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Author not available
From the beginning of man's history food has remained his most important prerequisite. Without it he has no energy to work, to clothe or to house himself - in fact, to live. The spectre of a world so over-filled with people that there are insufficient foodstuffs to keep them
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Vas, K.
The desirability of making the irradiation of fish and fishery products the subject of common experiments in the South and South East Asian and Far East region was based on studies carried out in various laboratories in the region, as well as the findings of a Technical
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Vercoe, J.E.
Nuclear techniques are uniquely suited to answering certain questions which arise in problems associated with animal production and health. In some cases they are the only way of finding an answer, and in other cases they may give an answer more quickly and perhaps with greater
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Author not available
In the overall endeavour to increase the world's food supply, the production of vitamin-rich fruits, though not as vital as cereals and other staples, cannot be ignored. Each year tens of millions of dollars worth of stone and citrus fruits are ruined by a pest known as the
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1974 - Volume 16, Issue 5 | by Hillel, D. (Hebrew University, Soil Physics, Rehovot (IL))
Nuclear technology plays an important part in the study and development of the soil/water interaction. Tracing and measuring techniques using radioisotopes are vital tools in the elucidation of flows and processes, in order to produce the required knowledge. On the other end of
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