Food Shortage

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Another option for improving food safety is to increase productivity in agriculture. This can be accomplished by putting resources into research and development, deploying fresh innovations, and improving equipment like water systems and storage spaces. For example, in India, the authorities has worked to boost rice and wheat crop output by producing new insect and disease-resistant seed types. This includes raising investment in other industries to lessen dependence on agribusiness. In addition, measures that promote trade as well as investment can be successful.

These takes years to materialized while the likes of Bill Gates are buying the agricultural land and farms.

There are already research facilities doing these, they could have come up rice variety that grows faster and insect resistance but these tech are not shared to all countries actually. It becomes political at some point.

[Emmanuel1]

Food shortage is one situation in a nation that causes some consequences. Some countries are liable to food shortages and then they're left with less economic growth which they have to fix. Food and Agriculture has its own impact on the economy of a country and if left unattended to will definitely cause some negativities. There are correction processes that must be followed by countries that experience shortage and the key process should be diverting the focus of that nation to solely agriculture.
  It's not an intentional action that causes shortage, sometimes it's climatic, sometimes it's due to less resources, so in such situations, there has to be alternative ways to generate resources for these nations. The government in turn ensures that they infuse more on planting and harvesting, so even as the food shortage tend to occur, there'll always be residual foods in store that'll go round and be available for the people.

Actually the cause of food shortage in a society or a country occur when the country does not have enough food supply and when there is a shortage of food in the society and food shortage can occur in a country when the consumption rate is more than the  production rate, and food shortage can occur in a war torn countries, a country where there is insecurity and crisis can cause food shortage to that nation.

[Mr. Allcrypto]

Exploitation of nature is also one of the reasons why a country can be short of food, how land that was originally agricultural land turns into skyscraper buildings.

The government must be able to be present in solving this problem, because from what I see, farmers who are at the forefront in fulfilling food security are still many who are not prosperous or live in poverty.

I still see that when they harvest, the price usually plummets, causing farmers to lose money. This, in my opinion, is the task of the government, which must first solve the problems felt by farmers.
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Yes I agree with you, exploitation of Natural resources also can cause food shortage. And all these problems lead to inflation and high cost of living in a country too. Government policies will play a very vital role in putting end to food shortage..

[SunflowerBaby]

There are various factors on why there's a Food shortage. This can be caused by Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Pests and supply chain disruptions and even wars because it can disrupt the deliveries to some places.

[DrBeer]

Another option for improving food safety is to increase productivity in agriculture. This can be accomplished by putting resources into research and development, deploying fresh innovations, and improving equipment like water systems and storage spaces. For example, in India, the authorities has worked to boost rice and wheat crop output by producing new insect and disease-resistant seed types. This includes raising investment in other industries to lessen dependence on agribusiness. In addition, measures that promote trade as well as investment can be successful.

These takes years to materialized while the likes of Bill Gates are buying the agricultural land and farms.

There are already research facilities doing these, they could have come up rice variety that grows faster and insect resistance but these tech are not shared to all countries actually. It becomes political at some point.

That's a controversial statement. Let me explain with an example. I am an investor in one of the crypto-agro projects. There is a greenhouse farm, there is open ground. Obviously, they buy planting material that gives the best results - quality, disease resistance, weight, etc. And here it all depends on the owner of the land want to buy and plant classic planting material, and want - for example, Syngenta and their planting material. If you want to grow your own natural planting material for future seasons, don't grow it. I just when I hear these stories about "insidious capitalists" with their planting material I always ask the question - "is anyone forcing you to buy them?". NO! If you don't want to buy them, don't buy them, but if you do, protect yourself from monopolization and complete dependence on one supplier. For example, you do not buy gasoline only at one gas station, or food only in one store ?

And about land and Bill Gates. I have already written once - I was on business in African countries and talked to local businessmen. And I asked a question, looking around - "why your country has been asking for food aid for decades, if you have the right conditions for the development of the agricultural sector. Attract investments, develop agro, make money, and provide yourselves with food". Do you want to hear the answer ? "It's not profitable" !!!! No, not to Bill Gates or the insidious West. It is not profitable for corrupt officials from the UN, the Red Cross, and local "czars" who get money from it and manipulate the population..... Putting the blame on whom is the easiest way, but the most useless. It is necessary to recognize the reality, the real culprits and the real causes of problems, even if it turns out to be your favorite president, brother or friend ...

[DragonF]

Generally food shortage is attributed to so many things in a society, in some countries, food shortage is caused as a result of natural disasters like flood, earthquake etc... these factors cause death and it is dangerous, it also hinder the farmers from cultivating and farming...
Food shortage gives rise to inflation, because when the food is scarce then the price of foodstuffs will increase and it will lead to high costs of living.

In addition, a crisis can cause food shortages. It has been predicted that Nigeria may experience food shortage due to the clash between farmers and herdsmen which affected farming activities. Also, most farmers have called on the government to support them to increase their productivity and the neglect by the government will lead to a shortage of food in the country in time to come.