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Food Demand for Crops
Food demand is driven by the demand for calories from crops, which is the residual of the total calorie demand and the demand for meat. A conversion factor translates calorie demand into food demand. Crop prices and an elasticity affect the resultant food demand. So too does a constraint on the maximum calories per capita and the size of the population. Finally, the crop demand for food can be modified directly by an exogenous crop demand parameter.