Trends in the world food situation by Charles Weitz side 2

here here I subscribed fully and I may I say also Tom that I find a lot of global Oni in the in the rather optimistic statements coming out of the UN fund for population activities yes there are some good signs there are some countries in which the rate of increase of population has been been showing a significant decrease but I'm afraid the six billion and the eight billion people are on the drawing boards and they are here regardless of what we do and I agree with you absolutely that that control of numbers not alone for world food supplies but for a whole host of other issues is essential economic political aspects sure of your relatives there even in the we have pretty much limited the approach that would underlying decision-making process how do you see the balance effort specifically you're talking about yourselves what should happen here and and within your own context or I really I really I don't know that's that's that's we go a long long way to try and give anything like an answer to that look this is a this is a roomful dr. Parkes knows far better than I do a University full of probably the the most outstanding people in this country on the problems and the economic and social as well as the direct technical problems of agriculture you certainly have enough resources within your own community to come up with with with most of the the specific things you require what I suppose we have to be most concerned of and I have to keep coming back to the the the the very tiny little intrusion of the international community into this debate is that the first question it seems to me is that if the ordering of your own priorities your own national priorities are not such that they will fit within the mosaic of action that is required on an international basis then your first job is there and this becomes it seems to me EE quadruple e sex to Polly important because this is the giant this is the giant if it does not happen here it is not going to happen and you will make or break the world on the basis of your own national actions you are such a huge giant in relation to anybody else in the world food situation both technically and as a producer that this is where it's got to start with with six hundred billion dollars I'm sorry to be dull about this point spent on armaments three-quarters of it being spent by the Americans and the Russians I used to discuss resources it isn't a real debate it really isn't a real yes thank you very much mr. White's he does need to catch a plane we'll give the audience a few minutes to stand out the cooler