Problems Associated With Food Shortages - 1397 Words

Food Shortages According to Rajendra Prasad, â€Å"Improvements in agricultural technological advances in developing countries is the only true way of alleviating the threat hunger. The available agricultural technology will not be able to meet the challenge of the present population growth of about a billion additional mouths every 12–14 year without detriment to natural resources and the environment and has to be suitably modified.† The food on our planet could potentially become very scarce because of the population â€Å"boom† and the threat of global warming. Is this scary? Is this something you should be worried about? Make the decision for yourself. If we do not change the way we†¦show more content†¦Not too long ago, in 1984, it appeared as if the rate of population increase was decreasing everywhere except near or in Africa and some parts of southern Asia. Today, the complication appears less promising because progress created toward decreasing birth rates has been slower than wanted. The world s population, now around five thousand three hundred million people, is increasing by around two hundred fifty thousand people every single day. It is guessed that one thousand million people will be born over the course of this current century. Over the course of the next ten years, the population of the urbanized world will increase by around fifty six million, while the amount of people living in developing places will expand to much over nine hundred million (United Nations Population Division, 1989; UNFPA, 1989). Basically, biggest increases will most likely be in the least wealthy countries - those countries that are least equipped to meet the requirements of the new arrivals and invest in their future. World wide, substantial food is produced to relevantly feed everyone, although this food and the technological advances to produce it might not continually reach those in need. As a result of food shortages, nearly one thousand million people do not get a sustainable amount of food to eat and over four hundred