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This chapter provides a retrospective overview of the world foodeconomy over four decades (1961–2003), with a world divided into six regions [those of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)], and using material generated by Agribiom. We will outline here how Agribiom can be used to analyse or revisit the past, while subsequent chapters will show how it can be used to debate and simulate new possible states of the world, along with all the assumptions and interpretations associated with these simulations.
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Food/Popu: see definitions Chap. 2, this value is often called “food availability”.
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Plant, animal and aquatic products combined. As some serve in the production of others (e.g. animal feed), this type of addition of products is tricky, just as it is tricky to establish a net balance.
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Between 1961 and 2003, this calorie production (kcal/day) was multiplied by 2.3 for carbohydrates, by 2.7 for proteins and by 3.0 for lipids.
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Rather than by an increase—within cultivated areas—in food crops to the detriment of non-food crops (e.g. fibres, rubber, tobacco or crops for fodder).
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Dorin, B. (2014). The World Food Economy: A Retrospective Overview. In: Paillard, S., Treyer, S., Dorin, B. (eds) Agrimonde – Scenarios and Challenges for Feeding the World in 2050. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8745-1_3
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