AMINO ACID SUPPLEMENTATION OF CEREAL GRAINS AS RELATED TO THE WORLD FOOD SUPPLY.

I T is eStifllate(l at the present time that more than 50 per cent of the population of the world is undernourished.’ It is often stated that the most acute single deficiency is that of high quality protein. That this may be so is supported by the widespread occurrence of kwashiorkor, a protein deficiency disease prevalent in children of many of the technically underdeveloped countries. A detailed analysis of world problenis in protein nutrition has been published.’ The widespread use of animal protein to correct this deficiency is unlikely since production of such protein is necessarily alow efficiency process. Much thinking and effort has been expended in the direction of correcting the situation by use of vegetable products of high protein content, namely, the legumes and oil seed cakes. However, it is unlikely that legumes can be grown in sufficient quantity