Research report, grain, developing countries - trends, projections to 2000, food policy implications, case study, Taiwan, China, Taiwan and Korea R. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.

Research report on food security trends since the 1960s and projections to 2000, covering food production, food consumption and trade in food staples in developing countries - compares population growth, growth in crop yields of major food crops, and food demand; examines trends in food imports and exports; using per capita income growth rates, identifies countries likely to have food shortages or surpluses and calorie deficiencys; discusses food policy implications; includes methodology. Bibliography, statistical tables.

Food security and agricultural research; Climatic variability and crop yields; Climatic vulnerability of major food crops; Climatic variability and factors of agricultural production; Climate modeling and climate change; Social and economic implications of climate-food interaction; Strategies for coping with climatic fluctuation and change.

Trends in production and use; Factors influencing the use of cassava; Potential yields of cassava; Scenarios of cassava output and use in 2000.

Over the last twenty-five years, a healthy international business has developed in isolated soy protein food ingredients. Today, isolated soy proteins are used primarily as ingredients in processed meat products. They are also used as valuable sources of protein in medical nutritional products and in combination with dairy products around the world

The cooperation approach of the SADCC countries; Other regional cooperation schemes; Regional market integration and food security; Alternative regional cooperation arrangements to stabilize food consumption.