Diet nitrogen and standard of living

Abstract

That diet, nitrogen utilization in agriculture, and standard of living are interrelated could be assumed with some confidence. The author has collected the information available from a variety of sources, and presented it in a form that establishes the general relationship unequivocably. He suggests that the relationship so established could be helpful in complementing conventional methods of forecasting nitrogen requirements. The figures provided underline the formidable difficulties that must be overcome if world diets are to be raised to a satisfactory level.