Food scarcity is caused by a mismatch between the world’s food needs and the supply of food products due to factors such as population growth, wars, inefficient infrastructure, and lack of technology. These factors lead to food shortages and waste.
Food scarcity refers to a situation where there is a disparity between the overall food needs of the world’s population compared to the actual production or production of food. Despite the advent of globalization, which has made it easier for people, goods and materials to move and transport, there is still a mismatch between the world’s food needs and the supply of food products to meet those needs. Some of the problems that fuel food shortages or facilitate the same include factors such as placing a huge burden on land and other resources due to an explosion on the world’s population, wars and the resulting lack of stability, inefficient or underdeveloped infrastructure, and lack of means of transport. The lack of adequate technology to efficiently use land resources is also a contributing factor.
One of the factors contributing to global food shortages is the increase in global population, which serves as a source of huge burden on the planet’s limited resources. Since the resources on earth are constant relative to the more variable nature of population growth, rapid growth in the direction of human population will tilt the scale of the harmonious relationship between nature and man unfavorably. This is because food resources will have a way to go in terms of meeting human needs, resulting in food shortages.
Wars and instability in communities and governments have a negative effect on the availability of food. This is partly because the resulting lack of stability and security often disrupts normal activities, including agricultural endeavors, leading to food shortages. It also leads to wanton destruction of property including crops and farmland. Even when other communities and countries that are not part of the conflict are willing to send food to battle-affected communities, they may not be able to send food to communities in need due to fighting from different warring factions.
Lack of infrastructure is also a cause of food shortages, because an inadequate infrastructure framework such as roads and transport affects the availability of food, especially perishable food. This is particularly pertinent with the understanding that most farms and agricultural resources are located inland or in rural areas away from major cities. Where the roads are really bad or the transport network is very poor, such food products will not reach the places where they are needed in time, leading to a lot of food spoilage and waste.
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