The production of enough grain to meet the needs of every country in the world has always seemed to be a big question. The more developed countries (MDC) aren’t the ones having to the problem. MDC’s actually pay their farmers not to grow as much of a crop and will buy it from other counties. LDC’s are not capable of doing this; they can grow adequate amounts, but they end up sailing a big part of what they grow because it benefits them more.There are many factors that lead to less grain production. Probably the biggest factor is population. The world population has grown dramatically over the last hundred years. Thomas Malthus once predicted that the world population would one day surpass the amount of agriculture needed to feed it. Thankfully, this has not happened yet.Despite the large growth in population, with mechanical developments and The Green Revolution we have been able to increase production in many areas of the world. The grain drain problem has become less reliant on population than the availability of money and power for domination of the grain supply. In 1997-98 there was a big reduction in world stocks, but the MDC’s were well fed due to having plenty of money during this time. The USDA givbes some examples of way the MDC’s will privately own less grain stock for the benefit of the entire world. 1) Increased domestic government reserves, most likely in wealthier countries, 2) increased privated stockholding in countries where producers face the volatility of the world price and 3) a small, internationally managed grain reserve to meet emergency needs in poor countries.Sometimes, when farmers are able to produce adequate amounts of food Mother Nature get in the way. Crop failure and typhoons have played a big role in destroying crops in the past. Man-made mistakes have also caused failure in crops. Seven million acres of the rain forests are claimed to be destroyed each year and...
