Where Will Demographics Take the Asia-Pacific Food System?

The population of the Asia-Pacific region is rapidly becoming more urban, increasing in number, and getting older. Over the next 20 years, these three demographic trends will generate powerful economic forces that will challenge the region’s food system.

William Coyle
Brad Gilmour
Walter J. Armbruster

Emergency Providers Help Poor Households Put Food on the Table

The Federal Government spent over $40 billion in 2003 on food assistance to low-income Americans. Yet, many needy people still turn to the almost 40,000 privately run food pantries and soup kitchens in the United States.

Laura Tiehen

Has Conservation Compliance Reduced Soil Erosion?

Cropland soil erosion has fallen since the 1980s, in part because the Federal Government started requiring farmers to engage in conservation activities or risk losing income support payments. But other factors are also at work.

Roger Claassen

Rural Hispanics: Employment and Residential Trends

The Hispanic population is the largest, fastest growing minority in the U.S. Although largely an urban phenomenon, the Hispanic population is growing in nonmetro areas at a faster rate than ever before. What does this mean for the social, economic, and political future of rural America?

William Kandel
Constance Newman