Food in Abundcmæ
27
meal, to livestock, to man, most of the original food value is dissi—
pated. Nevertheless, processing, with its attendant loss—of valuable
protein, is probably inevitable if the sh are to be stOred, transported
and distributed. For example, a large proportion of the sh caught
off the Californian coast are con'verted into meal—these sh are too
small and too numerous to be handled and sold as‘fiesh sh’ but
,
meal“ they can be distributed over a long period of time Tor usein
animal and poultry feeds. Recently, sh meals or rather protein ,
extracts suitable for direct use by manhave bœndevised. The extract
added to traditional diets may well make a major contribution to
Stamping out malnutrition, partiéularly among the y0ung people of
.
the world.
'
"
'
'
-
A report on the World Food Supply produced by the US.
Science Advisory Committee inthe summer” of 1967 did netshare
Such optimism for the role of unconventional sources of protein in
solving the world’s problems. Members of the Committee felt that
the answer lay in birth control, increasing the‘land undef:cultivati0n
'
and improving the yield per unit area. Considering that less than
half of the Earth’spotential arable land has been cultivated over the
past twenty years and specially bred plants such as hybrid maize
can almost double the yield per acre‘, One can appreciatethis point of
view, but the results of agriCultural development can+be very
disappointing:—In a report issued in the autumn of that same year,
the FAO explained how the bad —seàsons of 1965 a1‘1di1966 had]
effectively Wiped out the advances made by the deve10pins'g nations
Ï
'
over the previous decade! !
,
‘
Tlæ web Toflz'fe '
;
…
.
.
’
'
_
B.
The story of proteinproduction in the sea—starts, just as
’ _ »
With the capture
the»sùn’s
of photosyhthesis.Phot05ynthesis
rst wateris br—‘dkeW down to release
combines With carbon dioxide. Carbon, hydrogen Èand oxygen form”
'
the basis of both sugar and starch (cafbohÿdtés)asr'vsïÏellwas’Oils‘and
'
'
fats
produce proteins and =:othe‘r
'
the liVing Cell a :varieqï…of«mineral elements vmi1St
into
" thé
"hydrogen;
oxygen building ‘blo‘èks' , îtwe1vç
'
mineralæe1ementsafre knoW‘1‘1to beiessential'to
_
Only ‘traCes —:of1sorhe Ofithe‘se
as nitrogen,*Î’potassium,f sùlphurànd
27
meal, to livestock, to man, most of the original food value is dissi—
pated. Nevertheless, processing, with its attendant loss—of valuable
protein, is probably inevitable if the sh are to be stOred, transported
and distributed. For example, a large proportion of the sh caught
off the Californian coast are con'verted into meal—these sh are too
small and too numerous to be handled and sold as‘fiesh sh’ but
,
meal“ they can be distributed over a long period of time Tor usein
animal and poultry feeds. Recently, sh meals or rather protein ,
extracts suitable for direct use by manhave bœndevised. The extract
added to traditional diets may well make a major contribution to
Stamping out malnutrition, partiéularly among the y0ung people of
.
the world.
'
"
'
'
-
A report on the World Food Supply produced by the US.
Science Advisory Committee inthe summer” of 1967 did netshare
Such optimism for the role of unconventional sources of protein in
solving the world’s problems. Members of the Committee felt that
the answer lay in birth control, increasing the‘land undef:cultivati0n
'
and improving the yield per unit area. Considering that less than
half of the Earth’spotential arable land has been cultivated over the
past twenty years and specially bred plants such as hybrid maize
can almost double the yield per acre‘, One can appreciatethis point of
view, but the results of agriCultural development can+be very
disappointing:—In a report issued in the autumn of that same year,
the FAO explained how the bad —seàsons of 1965 a1‘1di1966 had]
effectively Wiped out the advances made by the deve10pins'g nations
Ï
'
over the previous decade! !
,
‘
Tlæ web Toflz'fe '
;
…
.
.
’
'
_
B.
The story of proteinproduction in the sea—starts, just as
’ _ »
With the capture
the»sùn’s
of photosyhthesis.Phot05ynthesis
rst wateris br—‘dkeW down to release
combines With carbon dioxide. Carbon, hydrogen Èand oxygen form”
'
the basis of both sugar and starch (cafbohÿdtés)asr'vsïÏellwas’Oils‘and
'
'
fats
produce proteins and =:othe‘r
'
the liVing Cell a :varieqï…of«mineral elements vmi1St
into
" thé
"hydrogen;
oxygen building ‘blo‘èks' , îtwe1vç
'
mineralæe1ementsafre knoW‘1‘1to beiessential'to
_
Only ‘traCes —:of1sorhe Ofithe‘se
as nitrogen,*Î’potassium,f sùlphurànd