World
Statistics and Report that reflects on
Population issue
Population, nutrition and agriculture by
Bernard Gilland.
Published online: 13th February 2007, Springer
Science+Business Media, LLC 2007
India's
cereals yield and cereal production per capita
have barely kept pace with population growth
since 1950. The yield of 2.4 metric tons per
hectare (t/ha) in 2005 was well below the 3.3
t/ha world average. Cereal production per
capita in 2005 is estimated at 1.08 billion;
by the time it has peaked at almost 2.0
billion around 2080 (an exploration of the
USBC projection for India's population in
2050: 1.81 billion, increasing at 11 million
per year). a cereal yield of 8 t/ha on the
present cereal area of almost 100 million ha
would be needed to achieve a satisfactory
dietary standard, and it is extremely doubtful
whether this is attainable.
