1. Grain data from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Production, Supply, and Distribution, electronic database, Washington DC, updated February 1997; USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Grain: World Agricultural Production (Washington, DC: April 1997); 1950–59 grain data from USDA, “World Grain Database,” unpublished printout, Washington, DC, 1991.
2. FAO Agricultural Series;Kazakstan data from FAO,1995
3. Brazil’s grain data from USDA, FAS, Grain: World Markets and Trade, (Washington, DC: April 1997).
4. U. S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base, Suitland, MD, 15 May 1996.
5. 800 million figure from World Bank, Food Security for the World, statement prepared for the World Food Summit by the World Bank, 12 November 1996.