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Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs General Editor: JOHN LEWIS Malvern College, United Kingdom Vol. 1 LEWIS & KELLY Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs Vol. 2 FRAZER & KORNHAUSER Ethics and Social Responsibility in Science Education Vol. 3 WADDINGTON Education, Industry and Technology Vol. 4 GRAVES Land, Water and Mineral Resources in Science Education Vol. 5 KELLY & LEWIS Education and Health Vol. 6 RAO Food, Agriculture and Education Vol. 7 KIRWAN Energy Resources in Science Education Vol. 8 BAEZ The Environment and Science and Technology Education Vol. 9 TAYLOR Science Education and Information Transfer Related Pergamon Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT* Editor: PHILIP TAYLOR Throughout the world educational developments are taking place: developments in literacy, programmes in vocational education, in curriculum and teaching, in the economics of education and in educational administration. It is the purpose of the International Journal of Educational Development to bring these developments to the attention of professionals in the field of education, with particular focus upon issues and problems of concern to those in the Third World. Concrete information, of interest to planners, practitioners and researchers, is presented in the form of articles, case studies and research reports. *Free specimen copies available on request. Food, Agriculture and Education Edited by A. N. RAO National University of Singapore Published for the ICSU PRESS by PERGAMON PRESS OXFORD · NEW YORK · BEIJING · FRANKFURT SÄO PAULO · SYDNEY · TOKYO · TORONTO U.K. Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford 0X3 OBW, England U.S.A. Pergamon Press, Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York 10523, U.S.A. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Pergamon Press, Room 4037, Qianmen Hotel, Beijing, People's Republic of China FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Pergamon Press, Hammerweg 6, D-6242 Kronberg, Federal Republic of Germany BRAZIL Pergamon Editora, Rua Eça de Queiros, 346, CEP 04011, Paraiso, Sâo Paulo, Brazil AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press Australia, P.O. Box 544, Potts Point, N.S.W. 2011, Australia JAPAN Pergamon Press, 8th Floor, Matsuoka Central Building, 1-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan CANADA Pergamon Press Canada, Suite No. 271, 253 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R5 Copyright © 1987 ICSU Press All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the copyright holders. First edition 1987 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Food, agriculture, and education. (Science and technology education and future human needs; vol. 6) Papers from the Bangalore Conference on Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs, held in Bangalore, India, Aug. 6-14, 1985, which was organized by the Committee on the Teaching of Science of the International Council of Scientific Unions. 1. Nutrition—Study and teaching—Congresses. 2. Agricultural education—Congresses. 3. Food— Congresses. I. Rao, A. N. II. Bangalore Conference , on Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs (1985) III. International Council of Scientific Unions. Committee on the Teaching of Science. IV. Series. TX364.F658 1987 338.1'9'07 86-25243 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Food, agriculture