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Further Discussions => Economics , Sociology & Politics => Topic started by: Youngkhngdiddy on December 21, 2023, 11:08:02 AM
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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.
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Most other countries experience food shortages when there are bad people or exploitative businessmen who hoard foods that are often the basic needs of consumers.
And the action of the government of each country also does that immediately, and if there really is a shortage in food, they intensify the agriculture program that a government has in a country. They seem to be able to resolve these crises immediately.
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Like I replied in your other post, this is a general economy board, so the local board (Nigeria) is the appropriate place to post this since your are speaking from the Nigeria perspective. Incase you feel like posting it on this board, then it is advisable to specify the country, so as to get all audience along with the context.
Back to the post: the whole situation was never like this back then in 2012/13/14/15 and early 2016. This current and previous administration clearly show how poor the administration have been. They clearly lack the capacity to grow and move a nation forward. They think they are doing their best, but i can tell you that their best is never enough.
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Like I replied in your other post, this is a general economy board, so the local board (Nigeria) is the appropriate place to post this since your are speaking from the Nigeria perspective. Incase you feel like posting it on this board, then it is advisable to specify the country, so as to get all audience along with the context.
Back to the post: the whole situation was never like this back then in 2012/13/14/15 and early 2016. This current and previous administration clearly show how poor the administration have been. They clearly lack the capacity to grow and move a nation forward. They think they are doing their best, but i can tell you that their best is never enough.
Exactly, you remembered that they where this certain period of time farmers where scared to work on their farm because of insecurity reasons and that also lead to low food storage.And food stuff became expensive to afford.They just need to encourage the farmers with facilities and good security.
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Like I replied in your other post, this is a general economy board, so the local board (Nigeria) is the appropriate place to post this since your are speaking from the Nigeria perspective. Incase you feel like posting it on this board, then it is advisable to specify the country, so as to get all audience along with the context.
Back to the post: the whole situation was never like this back then in 2012/13/14/15 and early 2016. This current and previous administration clearly show how poor the administration have been. They clearly lack the capacity to grow and move a nation forward. They think they are doing their best, but i can tell you that their best is never enough.
Exactly, you remembered that they where this certain period of time farmers where scared to work on their farm because of insecurity reasons and that also lead to low food storage.And food stuff became expensive to afford.They just need to encourage the farmers with facilities and good security.
There are some cases, that the greedy of businessmen are the reason why they lead to such situations. They resort to unfair means to create difficulties for farmers, who are then forced to sell their produce at a lower price. The businessmen buy the produce and hoard it for months until the demand goes up, thus earning a higher profit. This creates food shortages and affects people's livelihoods. Unfortunately, this is a common practice in many countries, and it can only be stopped if people take action against these unethical practices.
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Like I replied in your other post, this is a general economy board, so the local board (Nigeria) is the appropriate place to post this since your are speaking from the Nigeria perspective. Incase you feel like posting it on this board, then it is advisable to specify the country, so as to get all audience along with the context.
Back to the post: the whole situation was never like this back then in 2012/13/14/15 and early 2016. This current and previous administration clearly show how poor the administration have been. They clearly lack the capacity to grow and move a nation forward. They think they are doing their best, but i can tell you that their best is never enough.
Exactly, you remembered that they where this certain period of time farmers where scared to work on their farm because of insecurity reasons and that also lead to low food storage.And food stuff became expensive to afford.They just need to encourage the farmers with facilities and good security.
In many cases, it is the greed of businessmen that leads to such situations. They resort to unfair means to create difficulties for farmers, who are then forced to sell their produce at a lower price. The businessmen buy the produce and hoard it for months until the demand goes up, thus earning a higher profit. This creates food shortages and affects people's livelihoods. Unfortunately, this is a common practice in many countries, and it can only be stopped if people take action against these unethical practices.
One must realize that these problems arise if:
- the legislature doesn't work
- the legislature is connected to dishonest businessmen by a corrupt connection
You should also remember that "dishonest businessmen" are your neighbors, friends, acquaintances. It is unacceptable to profit from the citizens of your country, in difficult times! And against such "businessmen" the population should demand pressure measures from the state, and the population should show their reaction - for example, total refusal of products of this "businessman" and his partners who profit from the difficult situation. He will not be able to store food products for a long period of time - it is expensive, plus they spoil - it is a loss.
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A food scarcity is not something a nation should experience. This results from farmers and entire sellers choosing to stockpile food for a predetermined amount of time. Price increases are caused by a shortage of products. This impacts people's livelihoods and results in a food shortage. When not enough food is produced—for example, when crops fail because of a drought, pests, or excessive moisture—a shortage of food may result.
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In some cases where the farmers and the sellers are not the problem. There are crops and seeds to plant but no one is ready to farm. Not in the case of insecurity or government not giving necessary materials, it is where everyone is looking for white collar job.
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A food scarcity is not something a nation should experience. This results from farmers and entire sellers choosing to stockpile food for a predetermined amount of time. Price increases are caused by a shortage of products. This impacts people's livelihoods and results in a food shortage. When not enough food is produced—for example, when crops fail because of a drought, pests, or excessive moisture—a shortage of food may result.
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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food storage occurs when availability of food is not enough to meet up the demands of a populations of a country. there are things that result to food shortage or unavailability of food and those includes, adverse weather condition, natural disaster, pest, diseases, inadequate infrastructure for food availability and conflict. food shortage has so many consequences that leads to famine and as well hunger, lack of nutritious food can affect the physical and mental condition (health) of an individual, inadequate access to basic food supply can also contribute social violence and suicide and as such political instability. addressing such situations (food shortage) like this has to do with the collaboration between the government, international organizations to ensure adequate food supply in the country or Society. it is crucial to adopt strategies that focus on sustainable, equitable development, promoting agricultural innovation, improving infrastructure and improving in education and skills development, as such food shortage can be reduce.
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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.
It could be possible to make an intentional action to cause shortage of food in a specific country because of war. But what affected most in the food shortages is really the climate change which natural disasters emerged through that. Since those are natural phenomena is inevitable we should be prepared of it. Though governments has made assessment plans to counter or cater this shortages it may still be not enough for the peoples needs as corrupt politicians will surely have plans as well. 😅
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I have another question. I am well aware that some countries are located in areas where conditions are not very conducive to farming. It was so in the past centuries, it was so 50-30 years ago. But today there are a lot of technologies and "living examples" when countries actually have no fertile land, but produce a lot of crops.
There is one more remark, from personal practice, and it is not very pleasant. I used to travel the world often and a lot, and of course I visited Africa. In several countries I had contact with people, businessmen. I asked a question - why do your countries do not attract investments for the development of the agricultural sector, although many African countries have the potential for this, but we constantly hear from them about the shortcomings of food. The answer was very unpleasant - corruption, at the highest levels of government, who live off the help of various international organizations and funds. And it is not profitable for these governments to solve the issue of agriculture, because then huge funds will stop coming in, which can be put "in their pockets". And on the other hand - international organizations, which are also not interested in the "drying up of money flows" for the same reason - corruption and the possibility of enrichment. The result is a vicious circle, where there is a small group of people who profit from the misery of the population, and a huge number of people who suffer because they create the necessary picture of hunger, and influence the allocation of new and new huge sums of money for PROEDIT, instead of investment and building self-sufficient sectors of the economy.
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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.
There are times that it is intentional, and we don't know it like a few years ago that they are doing it so that they can control the price. Last year, we received tons of news about the storage facility holding some goods so that there would be shortages and a high price, and that is when they would sell them off. If the police didn't track it, then for sure prices keep continuing to increase.
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Any country with food shortage should make provisions for food for its citizens either by importing or go into a massive agricultural program for the provision of food. This is why it is important for individuals and private organizations to invest in agriculture so that they can provide food for the country. We don't need to wait for the government, because in some countries the government do not care about providing enough food for the people but they are after themselves alone. Government should have their own farms that they can use to feed the nation, so that there will be no food shortage.
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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.
Basically, food shortage don't come to an existence in a country or nation unless either by one or two things occur, Is either the farmers and the people are not ready to farm for the consumption of the people or the higher authorities that is the Government or business tycoons over takes the farmers from there main source of harvesting and decide to purchase there foodstuffs at the higher rate or even cheaper so as for them to keep it for some time until the food price rice up that's when they will now bring it out to the market to sell for the people to buy at the higher prices and even a poor man can't do without food they will ever look for any alternative for them to purchase for the consumption of their needs and there family and this "Food shortage" can lead to so many things in a country like Arm robbery, kidnapping, killing of innocent souls . All this will occur as the result of hunger just to satisfied there needs.
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A food scarcity is not something a nation should experience. This results from farmers and entire sellers choosing to stockpile food for a predetermined amount of time. Price increases are caused by a shortage of products. This impacts people's livelihoods and results in a food shortage. When not enough food is produced—for example, when crops fail because of a drought, pests, or excessive moisture—a shortage of food may result.
Natural calamities is one of the most common reason why there is food shortages and of course increase of prices not to mention wars as it is man made. Regardless of efforts made by governments and it's people if nature has to charge us our stupidity we can do nothing about it but accept the consequences.
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A food scarcity is not something a nation should experience. This results from farmers and entire sellers choosing to stockpile food for a predetermined amount of time. Price increases are caused by a shortage of products. This impacts people's livelihoods and results in a food shortage. When not enough food is produced—for example, when crops fail because of a drought, pests, or excessive moisture—a shortage of food may result.
Natural calamities is one of the most common reason why there is food shortages and of course increase of prices not to mention wars as it is man made. Regardless of efforts made by governments and it's people if nature has to charge us our stupidity we can do nothing about it but accept the consequences.
I agree with you, but I will make an addition, or clarification. If we take one particular country, it is difficult to give an example of a country where there are natural disasters and war all the time.
But I know many countries that have been suffering from food shortages for decades. But I have already written about the reasons in my previous post. I am sure in most countries that regularly have problems with food the situation is identical. And the problem there is not natural disasters and wars.....
PS For example, my country Ukraine. In 2022 it was massively invaded by terrorist troops from a neighboring country. Some of the most fertile regions were occupied - southern, eastern regions, fields were burned, grain elevators were destroyed, agro-companies were destroyed, huge territories including fertile fields were mined. Have you heard of Ukraine asking for food for 2 years? No! Ukrainians created agribusinesses in other areas far from the war. They found money, strength, equipment, and recreated. At least in the state when we have 25% of our territory occupied and there is a war, Ukraine provides food for itself.
I have quite a strong opinion that other countries simply don't want/are not profitable to solve this issue in this way. See my previous post for reasons.
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A food scarcity is not something a nation should experience. This results from farmers and entire sellers choosing to stockpile food for a predetermined amount of time. Price increases are caused by a shortage of products. This impacts people's livelihoods and results in a food shortage. When not enough food is produced—for example, when crops fail because of a drought, pests, or excessive moisture—a shortage of food may result.
Natural calamities is one of the most common reason why there is food shortages and of course increase of prices not to mention wars as it is man made. Regardless of efforts made by governments and it's people if nature has to charge us our stupidity we can do nothing about it but accept the consequences.
Yes, without us realizing it, we (humans) are the cause of everything that happens on earth, including food shortages.
We are the ones who make everything a mess and we are also the ones who complain, strange isn't it? but this is real.
The fact is that now war is everywhere, greedy people who only care about themselves are also everywhere.
And also one more thing, sometimes farmers are underestimated, even though they are the farmers who supply food for us, and now I see farmers whose lives are not yet prosperous. Is this fair? of course not.
I don't want to judge, but it's better for us to introspect ourselves.
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A food scarcity is not something a nation should experience. This results from farmers and entire sellers choosing to stockpile food for a predetermined amount of time. Price increases are caused by a shortage of products. This impacts people's livelihoods and results in a food shortage. When not enough food is produced—for example, when crops fail because of a drought, pests, or excessive moisture—a shortage of food may result.
Natural calamities is one of the most common reason why there is food shortages and of course increase of prices not to mention wars as it is man made. Regardless of efforts made by governments and it's people if nature has to charge us our stupidity we can do nothing about it but accept the consequences.
Yes, without us realizing it, we (humans) are the cause of everything that happens on earth, including food shortages.
We are the ones who make everything a mess and we are also the ones who complain, strange isn't it? but this is real.
The fact is that now war is everywhere, greedy people who only care about themselves are also everywhere.
And also one more thing, sometimes farmers are underestimated, even though they are the farmers who supply food for us, and now I see farmers whose lives are not yet prosperous. Is this fair? of course not.
I don't want to judge, but it's better for us to introspect ourselves.
You make a very subtle point, something I've been saying for a long time - the problem with humanity...is PEOPLE !
The laws of nature, from the simplest to the laws of the universe, are balanced and built on clear laws and rules (I will make a note - which we do not all understand). And only man, thinking himself the "crown of creation" - violates the laws, destroys everything around him ... Therefore, the first question when the dialog about problems begins - what have I, we, or mankind done to prevent or correct this? In most answers, "guilty" will be called anything but ourselves or humanity in general....
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Like you already mentioned it, food shortage can mostly arise due to bad climate which cuses a low productivity in the amount of agricultural produces of a country and when the climate change is very bad and remain bad for a very long time, that's how it will keep contributing to a poor yield of farm produce and therefore will cause food shortage. When population is high and there is low productivity in food production, it can cause shortage of food.
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Omor, food shortage is not what a country or individual should experience as a person, so many factors are contributing to this shortage of food and high cost of foods items available in the market, for instance in some of various communities where our parents farm some hecter of land to get what to eat while they are on it and it Good to harvest, some people who are hungry and don't have any means to eat we go to a farm that are not there's to steal unprocess items to there houses and keep just to survive, some beg also to eat a day, ,if this shortage of food continues in a country and the government doesn't do anything about it so many things we go wrong.
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Yes, without us realizing it, we (humans) are the cause of everything that happens on earth, including food shortages.
We are the ones who make everything a mess and we are also the ones who complain, strange isn't it? but this is real.
The fact is that now war is everywhere, greedy people who only care about themselves are also everywhere.
And also one more thing, sometimes farmers are underestimated, even though they are the farmers who supply food for us, and now I see farmers whose lives are not yet prosperous. Is this fair? of course not.
I don't want to judge, but it's better for us to introspect ourselves.
You make a very subtle point, something I've been saying for a long time - the problem with humanity...is PEOPLE !
The laws of nature, from the simplest to the laws of the universe, are balanced and built on clear laws and rules (I will make a note - which we do not all understand). And only man, thinking himself the "crown of creation" - violates the laws, destroys everything around him ... Therefore, the first question when the dialog about problems begins - what have I, we, or mankind done to prevent or correct this? In most answers, "guilty" will be called anything but ourselves or humanity in general....
What is even stranger is that we ourselves make the rules, but we also break them, so rules are made to be broken, not a joke anymore, but this has become a reality that happens everywhere.
I know there are many activists who speak out about the importance of protecting nature, but what percentage of people are aware of that? I think it's only a few people out of all the humans on this earth.
I am not speaking for others, but for myself, because I also realize that I am one of the people who contribute to the current problems.
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Yes, without us realizing it, we (humans) are the cause of everything that happens on earth, including food shortages.
We are the ones who make everything a mess and we are also the ones who complain, strange isn't it? but this is real.
The fact is that now war is everywhere, greedy people who only care about themselves are also everywhere.
And also one more thing, sometimes farmers are underestimated, even though they are the farmers who supply food for us, and now I see farmers whose lives are not yet prosperous. Is this fair? of course not.
I don't want to judge, but it's better for us to introspect ourselves.
You make a very subtle point, something I've been saying for a long time - the problem with humanity...is PEOPLE !
The laws of nature, from the simplest to the laws of the universe, are balanced and built on clear laws and rules (I will make a note - which we do not all understand). And only man, thinking himself the "crown of creation" - violates the laws, destroys everything around him ... Therefore, the first question when the dialog about problems begins - what have I, we, or mankind done to prevent or correct this? In most answers, "guilty" will be called anything but ourselves or humanity in general....
What is even stranger is that we ourselves make the rules, but we also break them, so rules are made to be broken, not a joke anymore, but this has become a reality that happens everywhere.
I know there are many activists who speak out about the importance of protecting nature, but what percentage of people are aware of that? I think it's only a few people out of all the humans on this earth.
I am not speaking for others, but for myself, because I also realize that I am one of the people who contribute to the current problems.
You have pointed out a very important thing - you have to talk about yourself, your problems, goals, actions or inactions. Giving advice and telling others how to live is the easiest way to avoid personal responsibility.
And this also applies to problems of a more global scale - each of us can influence the situation around us, charge with ideas, demand from the government elected by him or her certain steps (this is a legal right). Similarly with food problems - there is a problem - so it's an opportunity for you not only to partially improve it, but also to gain business and income. Yes, it sounds a bit cynical, but it is better to create business, jobs, and earn money by solving a problem than by doing nothing.
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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.
I totally agreed with you, food shortage is one of the major problems we have in our society today and because of lack of food, our younger ones have turn to beggers, some thieves etc but even if it's cause by climate, we also need tools from the government to support our selves because not everyone has the money to purchase any tools . Do you also know we need to eat before working for another one.
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In my opinion, food shortage is one problem that a nation can experience due to some few reason. Other members have said some reason but what I want to add is that if a nation only depends on importation of food stocks from other countries, there might be time when they can experience food shortage and such time may come if the country that is supplying them with food faces any problem in their own country which causes a reduction in their production of food and agricultural foods stocks.
For example, if Cameron depends wholly on Nigeria for supply of imported foods, and during 2023 Nigeria failed to produce enough food for exportation because of poor soil minerals, that means that Cameron can face food shortage in 2024 if they are not able to find another country that can supply them with food.
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For example, if Cameron depends wholly on Nigeria for supply of imported foods, and during 2023 Nigeria failed to produce enough food for exportation because of poor soil minerals, that means that Cameron can face food shortage in 2024 if they are not able to find another country that can supply them with food.
You gave a good example! Let's discuss it ? There are several questions in this situation:
1. Where did this dependence come from ?
2. Why can't this country produce products that make it dependent on imports ?
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Like you already mentioned it, food shortage can mostly arise due to bad climate which cuses a low productivity in the amount of agricultural produces of a country and when the climate change is very bad and remain bad for a very long time, that's how it will keep contributing to a poor yield of farm produce and therefore will cause food shortage. When population is high and there is low productivity in food production, it can cause shortage of food.
That's not the only factor, although I have to admit that what you say is a crucial factor in the agricultural cycle that must be carried out. No one can avoid a climate that suddenly changes a situation that has been well planned but disappears in an instant. But a factor that is no less important is that the available land is becoming less and less available. Technological development has only been carried out by a few developed countries, but there are still more of those that rely on nature and land, so there will always be shortages if uncontrolled climate factors occur, which is different from what has already happened. Doing it with renewable technology will have no impact.
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There are many factors in food shortages, the main factor being that farmers fail to harvest because of various problems, including pests, bad climate, so that the harvest schedule can fail because of that.
secondly, there is manipulation of rice stocks by certain individuals who want to take advantage when rice prices rise high,
If farmers and the government work together there should be no food shortages in every country
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Yes, without us realizing it, we (humans) are the cause of everything that happens on earth, including food shortages.
We are the ones who make everything a mess and we are also the ones who complain, strange isn't it? but this is real.
The fact is that now war is everywhere, greedy people who only care about themselves are also everywhere.
And also one more thing, sometimes farmers are underestimated, even though they are the farmers who supply food for us, and now I see farmers whose lives are not yet prosperous. Is this fair? of course not.
I don't want to judge, but it's better for us to introspect ourselves.
Good point. Sad reality and this is what had happened around the world for many centuries. What broke my heart here in my country is that smugglers are rampant and I think has connections with some corrupt government officials that affected most local farmers because these lawless bastards manipulated the market for their own good. Though some of these smugglers were exposed but I doubt they're gonna face any charges since the corrupt is all behind this. Money is money.
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food shortage is one of the thing that brings down value of a particular country. food shortage occurred as a result of insufficient availability of food in order to meet up the demands as required by the population/citizen. there are certain things that results to food shortage in a country,some among this factors are bad governance, insufficient resources, conflict, hatred,etc. failure to address food shortage may sometimes result to citizens committing suicide as well as fighting and killing one another.
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food shortage is one of the thing that brings down value of a particular country. food shortage occurred as a result of insufficient availability of food in order to meet up the demands as required by the population/citizen. there are certain things that results to food shortage in a country,some among this factors are bad governance, insufficient resources, conflict, hatred,etc. failure to address food shortage may sometimes result to citizens committing suicide as well as fighting and killing one another.
It is unfortunate that many countries around the world face this common scenario. This problem arises from bad governance and corrupt officials. Those officials who focus solely on making their pockets rich rather than helping the citizens in need. If they only focus solely on the development of their country and the growth of their agriculture, such experiences can be avoided.
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Yes, without us realizing it, we (humans) are the cause of everything that happens on earth, including food shortages.
We are the ones who make everything a mess and we are also the ones who complain, strange isn't it? but this is real.
The fact is that now war is everywhere, greedy people who only care about themselves are also everywhere.
And also one more thing, sometimes farmers are underestimated, even though they are the farmers who supply food for us, and now I see farmers whose lives are not yet prosperous. Is this fair? of course not.
I don't want to judge, but it's better for us to introspect ourselves.
Good point. Sad reality and this is what had happened around the world for many centuries. What broke my heart here in my country is that smugglers are rampant and I think has connections with some corrupt government officials that affected most local farmers because these lawless bastards manipulated the market for their own good. Though some of these smugglers were exposed but I doubt they're gonna face any charges since the corrupt is all behind this. Money is money.
I'm sure there are still many practices that have not been uncovered until now, one of which is illegal practices and maybe legal practices because they are assisted by the authorities for their own interests.
Although many may be revealed as you say, but what percentage of the total is revealed? That is the question.
Because I am very sure that if one problem is revealed that is detrimental to farmers, it is only a bait to pass the other nine problems. Maybe it seems as if I know the most about what happened, but if we look at the news, it is not something impossible that can happen.
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food shortage is one of the thing that brings down value of a particular country. food shortage occurred as a result of insufficient availability of food in order to meet up the demands as required by the population/citizen. there are certain things that results to food shortage in a country,some among this factors are bad governance, insufficient resources, conflict, hatred,etc. failure to address food shortage may sometimes result to citizens committing suicide as well as fighting and killing one another.
In the modern world, food shortages are nonsense. There is overproduction of food in the world, and this is very easy to see.
I have my own opinion, and I have arguments - the key and real reasons for food shortages in a particular country are either government corruption or a totalitarian regime. There is hardly any other reason for the systemic, constant shortage of food in the country.
Yes, let me clarify - we are talking about a systemic lack of food in the country, and not a situational one, when, for example, fires or a tsunami hit the country.
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It is unfortunate that many countries around the world face this common scenario. This problem arises from bad governance and corrupt officials. Those officials who focus solely on making their pockets rich rather than helping the citizens in need. If they only focus solely on the development of their country and the growth of their agriculture, such experiences can be avoided.
Of course, for a country that has a high sense of morals, a corrupt leader who only takes time away from the service will certainly be embarrassed and resign due to his inability to maintain the trust that has been entrusted to him. For leaders in countries, especially developing countries, it is clear that corruption instead blames policies and accuses others, distorting existing facts.
That's why countries with high levels of morals are guaranteed to have good growth in all sectors, especially the agricultural sector which is the main commodity for life.
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Food shortage happens as a result of insufficient supply of food inorder to meet up needs of a population which results to hunger and other related issues.
Food shortage have effects on both individuals and economics in a society or country. Food shortage has some effect on individuals and societies, and some of this effects are; health impacts, economic impacts and health impacts on food shortage can lead to malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and an increase in the prevalence of disease. Malnutrition has effects on both children and pregnant women and it has a long lasting effect on physical and cognitive development. Economic impact in some countries depends largely on agriculture. Farmers in some cases may struggle to produce enough food due to various factors such as climate change, pests, lack of resources and lot more can leads to decrease in food consumption or supply.
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Food shortage have multifaceted and severe impacts on both individuals and countries, affecting not just the physical wellbeing of people but also their economic stability and social fabric. Governments organisations and communities must or should work together to address or handle the root causes of food shortage and try to implement sustainable solutions to ensure for security for all citizens.
Food shortage can lead to social unrest and political instability. When individuals and citizens is not able to access an adequate food supply, it results to protest, riots and conflict as well over scarce resources. In severe cases of food shortage, people maybe forced to migrate in search of better opportunities or food security, this can strain resources in other countries/regions and thereby lead to social tensions. In most cases of food shortage, countries may become dependent on external aids or food assistance programs which may or can strain international aid resources and have long term implications for development.
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In the modern world, food shortages are nonsense. There is overproduction of food in the world, and this is very easy to see.
I have my own opinion, and I have arguments - the key and real reasons for food shortages in a particular country are either government corruption or a totalitarian regime. There is hardly any other reason for the systemic, constant shortage of food in the country.
Yes, let me clarify - we are talking about a systemic lack of food in the country, and not a situational one, when, for example, fires or a tsunami hit the country.
I completely agree and have left you +karma for it. After seeing all the people in the thread parroting the premise, taking it for granted, I finally find a comment that expresses exactly what I think. We live in the greatest time of food abundance of humanity, where all indicators point to a reduction in global hunger, a reduction in mortality, an increase in life expectancy, an increase in obesity and many other indicators that do not match the image that there is a shortage of food in the world, except for the specific cases you mention.
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In the modern world, food shortages are nonsense. There is overproduction of food in the world, and this is very easy to see.
I have my own opinion, and I have arguments - the key and real reasons for food shortages in a particular country are either government corruption or a totalitarian regime. There is hardly any other reason for the systemic, constant shortage of food in the country.
Yes, let me clarify - we are talking about a systemic lack of food in the country, and not a situational one, when, for example, fires or a tsunami hit the country.
I completely agree and have left you +karma for it. After seeing all the people in the thread parroting the premise, taking it for granted, I finally find a comment that expresses exactly what I think. We live in the greatest time of food abundance of humanity, where all indicators point to a reduction in global hunger, a reduction in mortality, an increase in life expectancy, an increase in obesity and many other indicators that do not match the image that there is a shortage of food in the world, except for the specific cases you mention.
Thanks for the assessment :)
Unfortunately people tend to look for more "convenient reasons" to explain this or that problem, and the truth is not always pleasant. And in today's situation with the problems in providing the population of people, it is not the weather conditions and crops, but human greed and venality that are to blame. I have already written once - the UN and organizations around it "feed" on the huge flows of money that the whole world gives to help countries where there is a food crisis. But the problem is that the real aid reaches 10%, and the rest becomes the prey of corrupt UN officials, the Red Cross, and local politicians and rulers. If this money had not been stolen, the problem would not exist. If this money was not "spent," but invested in the development of the agricultural sector in countries where there are regular "problems" with food - they would have been feeding neighboring countries and developing their economies for many years. But it is profitable for the UN and similar corrupt officials to leave the situation as it is - otherwise they will be deprived of regular huge funds!
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Almost every week I go food shopping and shelves are loaded with food. Employees refill shelves all day long, over and over again. Dont understand what is that «food shortage» that you are talking about. There are regions and countries that are poor and people cant allow to buy food. But that does not mean that there are not foot at all. If you have different opinion, then for example name me any country that has little food and food export there is forbidden. Its money shortage or buying power shortage, not food shortage in the world. Maybe there are some products that are less available than you used to have, but definitely not a situation that there is nothing left to eat.
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I'm sure there are still many practices that have not been uncovered until now, one of which is illegal practices and maybe legal practices because they are assisted by the authorities for their own interests.
Although many may be revealed as you say, but what percentage of the total is revealed? That is the question.
Manipulation by smugglers and corrupt politicians is for me the worst thing that has happened here in my country because I can see it myself after the devastation of natural disasters here in my region.
About the percentage it's hard to speculate but those big names consists of networks that is hard to trace given that most of these smugglers do gave bribes to some law enforcers and even politicians to keep quiet and back em up.
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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 prize of foodstuffs will increase and it will lead to high costs of living.
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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 prize of foodstuffs will increase and it will lead to high costs of living.
Unfortunately, this is a wrong opinion. And it is extremely simple to prove this - look, for example, at international assistance programs for countries with food products. You will be surprised - but on the list of PERMANENT recipients of such food aid are countries that have been receiving aid for DECADES. Do you want to say the products are delivered to the center of the Sahara Desert? No, these are countries quite suitable for the development of the agricultural sector. What you described are isolated cases....
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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 prize of foodstuffs will increase and it will lead to high costs of living.
The example you have provided can be called a short-term food shortage. These natural disasters does not come one after another, and in between people have lean period. What you have mentioned can be solved with several major food deliveries. Or the easiest solution move people from that region, than continuously deliver food to them.
By the look of always full warehouses. And inflation. It might be opposite - we have more food that people could buy. I know that it might sound strange. But for entire live, I have never seen shops with empty shelves nor in my country, not in countries I have visited.
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If you’ve ever been to the high ways linking several major cities to see the trucks and trailers of food that is been transported into the urbanized cities, you wouldn’t give much attention to food shortages.
It exists non the less but, it’s very minimal. Most times, we tend to project agriculture like it’s not been given much attention, simply because most students don’t take it for a career option these days except for some supplementary admission but, life also have pushed a lot of others into various forms of farming.
The worst enemy to agriculture and consequently food shortage is war. Wars like we have between Israel and Gaza. Where towns and villages found within the hot region aren’t given any chance to tend to their crops or livestocks and food isn’t been allowed into the cities.
Agriculture have got support, there is food but, most people just can’t afford them. That’s the bitter truth!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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..
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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.
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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.
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 ...
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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.