LTE: Population and food supply

See: http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/jun/07/food-water-population-digital-politics

Despite accusations that Filipino president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is a dictator in the making (27 May), he has done something worthy. He has attacked the Catholic church for its opposition to contraception; he says, “we have to do something with our overpopulation”.

Many Filipinos are mired in poverty, a legacy of failing to constrain population growth in past decades. Compare the history of its near neighbour, Thailand. Here, where the much-loved Dr Mechai Viravaidya (“Mr Condom”) has promoted family planning since the 1970s, the average number of children has fallen drastically.