Keywords
Food consumption, distribution of food, agricultural economics, consumption
Abstract
Nearly everyone concedes that Egypt is faced with a serious food problem. The Egyptian agricultural sector is unable to feed the increasing and more affluent population. In 1980, agricultural output was estimated to be increasing by about 2.0 percent annually, whereas the country's annual population growth rate was estimated at about 2.3 percent. If the difference in these growth rates continues, Egypt must increase imports each year just to maintain per capita consumption at the present level [3].
Original Publication Citation
"Food Consumption and Distribution: An Overview" (with Dyaa Abdou), ADS Working Paper No. 89, Dept. of Agric. Econ., U of California, Davis, Sept. 1982.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Abdou, Dyaa and Delworth, B. Gardner, "Food Consumption an Distribution: An Overview" (1982). Faculty Publications. 3107.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/3107
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1982-8
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5920
Publisher
Economics Working Paper Series
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Economics
Copyright Status
Assistance from the Agricultural Development Systems Project of the University of California, Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, and USAID, is gratefully acknowledged, but the author is soley responsible for the views expressed in this