Water And Food Insecurity Essay

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Introduction
According to Australian social work (2013) water and food insecurity is the shortage\overuse of water & food, it consists of critical elements, scarcity, availability, distribution, development etc. According to PLOS one (2016) Over 650 million people worldwide lack access to safe water and food supplies, monitoring and evaluation is being done to overcome the situation.
Key points According to Social work and social policy practice (2013) water scarcity occurs when so much water is withdrawn from lakes, rivers or groundwater that supplies can no longer adequately satisfy all human and ecosystem requirements, resulting in more competition among potential users, such as primary and secondary industries, household consumers and …show more content…

Millions of people in low and middle income countries suffer extreme hunger and malnutrition. This is linked with poverty and it results in poorer quantity and quality of diet consumed. Mindfulness must be developed around the requirement for societal adjustment to hydroclimatic imperatives, and sufficiently solid foundations must be created to capture this situation. Situation of societal instability increases chaos and local collapses. The availability of this causes a lot of instability globally, and that can lead to state failure and other consequences for the citizens.
Conclusion
A range of water and food issues and their impact on the poor and ecosystems represent valid situations in which the whole world should try by, all means to alleviate the problem. This global challenge needs us as a whole to overcome it, as we all need water and food at all …show more content…

Reference list
Pawar, M. (2013). Social work and social policy practice: Subject outline and study guide. Wagga Wagga: Charles Sturt University.
Stevenson EGJ, Ambelu A, Caruso BA, Tesfaye Y, Freeman MC (2016) Community Water Improvement, Household Water Insecurity, and Women’s Psychological Distress :An Intervention and Control Study in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE
P. Webb, M. Iskandarani: Water Insecurity and the Poor: Issues and Research Needs, ZEF – Discussion Papers On Development Policy No. 2, Center for Development Research, Bonn, October 1998
Malin Falkenmark (2001) The Greatest Water Problem: The Inability to Link Environmental Security, Water Security and Food Security, International Journal of Water Resources Development,
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