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ELB – Gold (Draft III) There are many threats to global food supplies. Explain the problem, identify possible solutions, and assess the effectiveness of these solutions. It is frequently pointed out that food supply will be one of the most important concerns in the future. This situation is caused by the population explosion and many problems related with food production and consumption. This essay will show that the two main contributing factors to the food supply problem are food wastage and the low crop productivity. It will also suggest reasonable solutions and evaluate the effectiveness of these solutions. According to Godfray (2010), the world’s population will grow to nine billion over the next four decades. To feed this new population, we will need to produce much more food than we do today. In addiction, the problem is exacerbated by the rise of consumerism and low productivity rate in some regions of the world. In short, the food supply is becoming a major problem and it needs to be considered. Many factors are contributing to the food crisis supply. First, a high percentage of food produced has being wasted. Godfray (2010) states that 30 to 40% of world's food is lost to waste. The reasons for this wasting includes great commercial pressure to sell large amounts of food and inadequate knowledge to distribute well this food until the population. Another reason is the low crop productivity, especially in developing countries. For example, in Africa, the productivity rate is the same since 1961 (Godfray, 2010 b). This data demonstrate that food production are not increasing even with the population growth. In summary, to solve the food supply problem we need to find solutions to control food wasting and boost crops productivity. Immediate solutions should be taken to solve the food supply problem. Firstly, it is necessary to control the wasting problem. Godfray (2010) shows that public investment in transport and storage of food are effective ways to reduce the problem. Also, measures such as advocacy, education and legislation are crucial to reeducate population and consequently to reduce the waste rate. However, different solutions are required to solve the low crop productivity problem. In this case, investments in soil and water conservation should be done.
For instance, in Tahoua, Niger, the food production increased suddenly in the last ten years with investments in these fields (Godfray, 2010 d). In brief, we can see that all solutions require government's attention. To evaluate the effectiveness of the solutions proposed, it is necessary examining them. Although change population habits appears to be the easiest way to solve these problems, it is almost impossible to change the view of too many people in a short period as the problem require. The investments in structure, meanwhile, may be considered more effective because it is possible to get financial
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which is defined as the way societies transform environmental resources into food. The main ways those societies make a living are foraging, pastoralism, horticulture, agriculture, and industrialism. Starting with the strategy of foraging anthropologist look at how the use of plants and animal resources that are freely available within the society’s environment are consumed and utilized. Foraging does not produce food and does not alter the surroundings thus they have little impact on their environment…
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back then and they also had to use several other ways to survive. One of the ways to survive that they used was agriculture. Only a few areas in the world actually used agriculture but eventually it started to spread. It began in places like North America and Europe. Several other areas used it as well though. Metalworking also helped in the advancement of agriculture. Agriculture led to many more people being fed which in turn led to more people doing different jobs. As all of this happened it…
ESLA 1900B Climate change and the sustainability of food security in Africa Summer 2012 Submitted to: Dr. Emese Bukor Submitted by: Jiayi Weng Student Number: 100870143 Due Date: August 1, 2012…
I don’t think agriculture was they worst mistake of all time. Although there were some downfalls to it I think the benefits outweigh the bad effects. In this first part I will talk about the positive effects of agriculture. The first positive effect is that it takes less energy to plant than it does to hunt and gather food. It could take a long time to find animals or plants compared to planting some seeds and knowing there will be food. The second effect is that with agriculture it made it possible…
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The performance of agriculture in Nigeria can be viewed from historical point, as stated in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development report (2000) and cited by Okolo (2004), Nigeria is an agrarian country with 80% of its land mass in the rural areas and as such the rural areas have to be developed to favorably impact on agriculture. Lack of good infrastructure has hindered the prompt evacuation and distribution of farm produce after harvest and the supply of needed inputs for agricultural…