Threats to Global Food Supplies

The world’s population is increasing every year and one disadvantage of this phenomena is the shortage of food supply. There is not enough food available for the world’s population to feed on, because of a lot of serious problems going on. This can only be resolved until there is a reliable solution to solve the ongoing matter. Thus, this essay will look into these problems, and identify possible solution, find if there’s any disadvantage in these solutions.
In the next 40 years the world’s population is predicted to rise to 9 billion, that amount of people living on this planet would put a lot of strain on the agricultural sector, there would be more demand for food and water. According to (Ryan, 2010) Agricultural land loss is a growing problem in most countries and across the globe as our world population increases. One of the major problem affecting the global food supply is global warming. Most people do not know what global warming is and the effect it’s having on our planet. Global warming is the increase in the average temperatures on our planet. It is believed that natural events and human activities are a source of contribution to the increase in global warming and climate change. This is having a lot of impact on food production. As the layer gets compromised by pollutants known to destroy the ozone layer, plants we grow for food may not yield the quantity and quantity. Since global temperatures are increasing and ocean levels are rising, this is already causing drought and floods, just recently we experienced the California drought which, had a major impact on food production in the USA. Also, the more frequent United Kingdom floods have been linked to global warming. Lastly, global warming affects food production ...

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... agricultural technologies so that crop varieties, fertilizers, pesticides would improve. Other possible ways to solve food shortage is to reduce the wastage of food. Only take what a single person or a family can eat, cultivating crops for consumption will also help solve food shortages. Learn how to preserve food through drying and possibly freezing. These examples show that, the threat to global food production can be minimized by taking specific steps.
In conclusion, this essay has looked at the problems affecting food supply such has global warming, natural disasters, pests and diseases with possible solutions with its implication. As the earth’s population is increasing its population cannot survive, without an adequate food supply. Solutions to solve the threats to global food supplies have been implemented but there are more problems arising every day.