With technological change in the production of food grains (the green revolution), the supply of foodgrains has possiby become more variable and their prices more stable in the LDCs. Focusing on the aggregate supply of foodgrains (rice and wheat), the author analyses data on the variability of...

Expansion of rice and wheat production has been at the expense of other sources of food such as pulses, fruit, vegetables and fish. The protein content of the average Bangladeshi diet has fallen. (Overseas Development Administration)