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Situation alimentaire mondiale : excédents, technologies, négociations

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[fre] Le triplement des prix mondiaux des céréales et du soja en 1972 nous a fait croire qu'un déficit alimentaire permanent allait s'installer. En fait, dès 1978, les excédents étaient revenus et c'est la situation de surproduction qui devient la norme, accentuée en cette fin de siècle par les nouvelles technologies qui inondent l'agro-alimentaire : informatisation, innovations financières, biotechnologies. L'Europe et les Etats-Unis sont donc confrontés à un problème énorme : effondrement des prix ou accroissement sans fin des subventions agricoles. Que faire ? La seule attitude raisonnable consiste à se mettre en attitude de dialogue, à un triple niveau : européen, atlantique et nord-sud. [eng] The terrible inflation in agricultural prices which occured between 1972 and 1975 made us believe of a major food crisis. As soon as 1978 the surpluses have come back and this situation could be worse at the end of the century with occuring new technologies : computer science, financial tools, bio technology. The European Communities and the United States will be faced with a gigantic dilemma : falling grain prices or ever increasing subsidies. What could we do ! The only reasonable answer is : agricultural négociations at a triple level : european, transatlantic, north-south.

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  • Alain Revel, 1989. "Situation alimentaire mondiale : excédents, technologies, négociations," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 191(1), pages 19-23.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1989_num_191_1_3970
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1989.3970
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