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.

[OSAMABBK]

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.

Nigeria has a case study
A state called Niger State in Nigeria has the largest land mass in which her new state confidently promised them to make use of the opportunity of the land mass in other to provide her citizenship with the food security, the state is capable to feed Nigeria as a country if state make use of the opportunities with that it's will bring the country to lime light
Wise saying that food is life without food we will be no more
I pray and hope for the project to yield positive outcome

[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.

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.

A bit of history: in the 50s and 60s of the last century, the challenge was to feed a growing population. And not expensively and with the main products. One of the most popular products was and still is wheat and bread. Wheat has two disadvantages - a long and not very strong stem, and not the highest yield. There is a problem to be solved. The problem was solved by genetically modifying (yes yes yes yes - GMOs have been in the world economy for a long time ! ). Of course, we chose plants with similar "characteristics". The choice fell on some varieties ... rice. Very strong stem, very high yield. So we decided. And we got most modern wheat varieties - with a stable stem, and high yields. Problem solved ?! Yes. But... as always, there were nuances. The rice that was supposed to help the wheat had a higher percentage of starch (gluten). So what do you say. Well, yes, but, again, it's the component of food that leads to obesity, type 2 diabetes and a whole host of other diseases. But at least everybody's full.

As I have already said many times - it is necessary to stop just "feeding" many countries, and the money that is allocated for the purchase of food and is significantly plundered by managers of the UN, the Red Cross, and local politicians, should be invested in investments in agriculture in countries where the population is hungry. Let them grow their own crops, harvest their own crops, process their own crops - this will help develop agriculture, create jobs and better control over financial aid, as well as the ability to sell produce, which will only benefit those countries.

[Rruchi man]

Nigeria has a case study
A state called Niger State in Nigeria has the largest land mass in which her new state confidently promised them to make use of the opportunity of the land mass in other to provide her citizenship with the food security, the state is capable to feed Nigeria as a country if state make use of the opportunities with that it's will bring the country to lime light
Wise saying that food is life without food we will be no more
I pray and hope for the project to yield positive outcome

It is not only a large land mass that is required for agriculture to be successful; even without a land mass, agriculture can still be practiced because modern technology has made it so. Arable crops for consumption can now be grown in controlled environments, stacked in vertical layers in a method called vertical farming. With this method, little space can provide enough agricultural products.

In countries like Nigeria with adequate land mass for agriculture, the government has to make the sector attractive to young people because many of the old people are too old to carry on farming, and the younger generation is losing interest in it.

[Gurujebs]

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.

Not only war and insecurities can make a country to have a shortage in food supply, the government policy can make food to be scares and expensive. For instance, in a situation where the government doesn't offer subsidy to farmers in agriculture, it will discourage a lot of farmers to continue and the ones farming will sell their agriculture products and produce at high price even when they are limited in number.

When the government doesn't give amenities to rural areas, it discourage the farmers. It's only when the government gives grants and loans to them, farming can loom in a country, without farmers the country will die of hunger from poor to middle-class and the rich people.

[robelneo]

  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.

Food shortages are a big concern for every nation it reflects the state of the country and in third world countries like mine situated in a tropical region where there are phenomenons like the La Nina and La Nino which wreck havoc on the agricultural industries.

Another big concern is the logistics the foods are not properly transported to places where they need the supply because of transportation and government red tape, sometimes the cause of food shortage are created by the people in the government.

[bitterguy28]

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 main reason of food shortage is the lack of support from the government towards the farmers , because if the government providing better support for every farmers from storage to enough lands and farm to market roads? there will never be a shortage because each farmers can store their crops readying for every possible problem that the country may experience , but yeah the government is just gaining taxes from them but caring not enough.
look at the countries that have full support from the government to their farmers , they will never having this kind of problems.

[TomPluz]

A bit of history: in the 50s and 60s of the last century, the challenge was to feed a growing population. And not expensively and with the main products. One of the most popular products was and still is wheat and bread. Wheat has two disadvantages - a long and not very strong stem, and not the highest yield. There is a problem to be solved. The problem was solved by genetically modifying (yes yes yes yes - GMOs have been in the world economy for a long time ! ). Of course, we chose plants with similar "characteristics". The choice fell on some varieties ... rice. Very strong stem, very high yield. So we decided. And we got most modern wheat varieties - with a stable stem, and high yields. Problem solved ?! Yes. But... as always, there were nuances. The rice that was supposed to help the wheat had a higher percentage of starch (gluten). So what do you say. Well, yes, but, again, it's the component of food that leads to obesity, type 2 diabetes and a whole host of other diseases. But at least everybody's full.

As I have already said many times - it is necessary to stop just "feeding" many countries, and the money that is allocated for the purchase of food and is significantly plundered by managers of the UN, the Red Cross, and local politicians, should be invested in investments in agriculture in countries where the population is hungry. Let them grow their own crops, harvest their own crops, process their own crops - this will help develop agriculture, create jobs and better control over financial aid, as well as the ability to sell produce, which will only benefit those countries.

As can be gleamed in the history of man on this planet, we usually produce a solution for a problem but can be creating another problem along the way. Essentially, this is the history of the "good and evil"...something good may have something "evil" attached to it. Countries are spending billions of money as aid for developing countries for the past many decades and sadly the problem of poverty and hunger still persist...therefore we can say that the solutions provided may not really be appropriate, sustainable and yes in many cases have not reached the intended beneficiaries. We need to have a big paradigm shift...we need to change the strategy and it must include empowering these people to be able to produce their foods and yes even be selling producers themselves. Right now, there are already available technologies that can help people farm their land the right way and it is a matter of educating the stakeholders so they took the burden of being the very captain of their destiny.

[bitterguy28]

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.

sad reality of life , specially the rice that the government and the corrupt businessman is taking advantage of the situation ,
i remember back  years when the rice is 50% cheaper but just 7 years passed and the price now is doubled.

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.

they are running the system because there are lots of crocodile in the government and the enforcer lol.

[$crypto$]

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.

sad reality of life , specially the rice that the government and the corrupt businessman is taking advantage of the situation ,
i remember back  years when the rice is 50% cheaper but just 7 years passed and the price now is doubled.

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.

they are running the system because there are lots of crocodile in the government and the enforcer lol.

They will not be able to do this easily and they will also definitely need someone on the inside to make what they are doing go according to plan, and in fact these are interrelated things and it is not strange when there are law enforcement officers who are also involved. play.

Things like this are very detrimental and they harm the country, and those who feel the impact the most are the people at the bottom.