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@MISC{Campbell07internationalaffairs,
author = {John B. Campbell},
title = {International Affairs and Commodity Programs.},
year = {2007}
}
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Abstract
The stage is set for a land fight in the 2007 Farm Bill. Analysts at the World Bank point out that farmers need to double food output over the next 50 years to meet the needs of 9 billion people. High energy prices and government programs are encouraging the conversion of agricultural commodities to fuel. Urban and rural sprawl is eating away millions of productive farmland acres annually. The struggle for land between food and fuel will ultimately be won by food, but the damage to wildlife and the environment could be enormous if governments around the world do not embrace resource protection measures and productivity enhancements. In the United States, 36 million acres of farmland have been rented from farmers by the USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to control surplus production and protect the environment. These acres are now being viewed as a source of land to relieve the pressure from food and fuel demands.1 Environmental and wildlife advocates are caught in the middle.
Keyphrases
commodity program international affair united state high energy price world bank point surplus production farm bill government program productivity enhancement food output agricultural commodity wildlife advocate fuel demand usda conservation reserve program land fight rural sprawl resource protection measure productive farmland acre
