Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. The dimensions of the food problem in assai have been changing since the food crisis of the sixties and the seventies. The lessons of those years were well learnt and attaining self reliance in food grains came to be recognized as the key goal of development. In this context the progress made by the countries of South and Southeast Asia over the last decade has been quite but also domestic demand in most countries of the region. This achievement is even more striking when viewed in the light of the high landman ratio the growth in population and the fact that there is virtually no more land available for cultivation in these countries. 456 pp.