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We rely on the 2012 World Population Prospects (UNPD, 2013) in calculating both historical and future population growth rates. e. roughly two children per woman). We then combine population data with the historical as well as future projections of real GDP to construct the growth rates of per capita income. Historical income rates are taken from the World Development Indicators (2013) while future projections are based on Fouré, Bénassy-Quéré, and Fontagné (2013). In Fig. 7, we develop the economic intuition for how these key drivers of food demand affect the global crop markets.
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