Abstract:
The paper analyze the evolution of the world agriculture during the
last half of the century. Fifty years ago, under the influence of the
environmental movement, everybody believed that the rapid multiplication of
the populacion will drive, finally, to serious food crisis. The present analysis
stands out the fact that the growth of the world population has been
accompanied by an important development of the production per capita in
all the areas of the agrarian sector. This process can be found both in the
countries developed with the United States or those of European Union and
in countries with a demographic impressive growth (China, India). The
explanation of that paradox comes from the investments in new technologies
and specializing education. The increasing quantities of resources for
investigations and education made possible a visible advance of the human
well-being. The statistical information demonstrates that the world is not
threatened by the famines and that there are many reasons of waiting for new
improvements in the quality of human life.
