Wheat in the world food economy: Increasing role in developing countries |
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Authors: | Derek Byerlee Edith Hesse de Polanco |
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Affiliation: | The authors are agricultural economists with the Economics Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Londres 40, Apartado Postal 6-641, Delegación Cuautémoc, Col Juárez, 06600 Mexico, DF(Tel:585-43-55) |
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Abstract: | Wheat is the oldest and most important of the cereal grains in world food supply. In the last two decades the role of wheat in the world food economy has increased substantially, especially in the developing world. This article describes and analyses the role of wheat and highlights and interprets changes that have occurred in the last two decades of rapid change. The authors analyse, in turn, trends in production, consumption, trade and prices with special emphasis on the developing countries.1 Finally, the authors speculate on how these trends are likely to be effected by future events. |
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Keywords: | Wheat International trade Economics |
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