1.   But despite impressive gains in food output globally, per capita food production remains low in many developing nations.

2.   Many farms had more family workers than could be fully employed, and so migration to the cities could occur without loss of food output.

3.   World food output had grown steadily in the fifties and sixties.

4.   The harvest losses have come on top of a dramatic decline in North Korean food output over the last few years.

5.   A public campaign to boost food output - including fruits, vegetables, fish and livestock - will be launched soon by Agriculture Minister Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud.

6.   After five years in obscurity, the fund is now enjoying the spolight, thanks to the drive to raise food output given the current economic crisis.

7.   Officials have been campaigning since to increase domestic food output.

8.   Recently, he announced several programmes to be undertaken in the short and medium term to boost food output.

9.   He warned that this fiscal year food output was expected to plummet as a result of the poor monsoon.

10.   If the trends continue unchanged, pollution will take a heavy toll on economic development in countries in the region and will slash food output, the report adds.