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Headline World Food Situation: Livestock in Brazil

Caption Description The world is today facing a food shortage of near crisis proportions, and chronic malnutrition is widespread. Stocks of basic foodstuffs are at a low level. World market prices for cereals, fertilizers and petroleum products are greatly inflated and weigh heavily on the slender foreign exchange reserves of developing countries that must import these essentials. Fast population growth continues, particularly in those developing regions that currently are experiencing great difficulties in increasing their food supplies. A United Nations World Food Conference to be held in Rome in November 1974 is expected to concern itself first with a detailed assessment of the world food supply problem in the next ten years and beyond, and then turn to concrete proposals for improving food supply, distribution and food aid.

Cowboy herding cattle into a grazing area in Goiania. Brazil has one of the most extensive grazing areas in the world, large stocks of cattle and sheep, and considerable potential for increased livestock productivity. Livestock production, however, has not kept pace with rising domestic demands. The Government of Brazil has undertaken a livestock expansion programme with financial help from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBED). In addition to providing assistance to about 700 individual ranchers, this programme has allocated funds for investments in breeding cattle, land clearing, pasture improvement, farm machinery, fencing, watering and handling facilities.

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Unique Identifier UN7596210

NICA ID 248171

Production Date 01/01/1971 11:52:30 PM

Country Brazil

Credit UN Photo/T. Sennett

File size 4.09 MB