Agriculture in the World Of 1975 General Picture of Trends

The long-term character of the basic problems of world agriculture probably justifies a working assumption that the situation in 1975 will be mainly the result of factors and trends that can be currently identified. This is the approach that will be adopted in this paper. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to speculate on the advent of new policies, and to attempt a judgement as to their possible effects on agriculture. Within the limited scope of a few pages, one cannot do more than try to sketch the main lines of likely changes.