been made, but even these apparent gains remain precarious. The nation now grows enough food to feed itself, but an inadequate distribution system means that periods of hunger are still common.
Still more alarming, the nation whose agricultural abundance has renewed itself for thousands of years is now threatened by deforestation, water pollution, salinization of soil from overirrigation, and many of the other all-too-familiar ecological ills of poor, overpopulated nations.
