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World Food Shortage and Its Impact on Prices
World food shortage – a scary thought, right? One that seems so alien in light of our very full grocery stores, people stocking up on unnecessary amounts of food in their pantries, food wastage, and people throwing away unopened cans and packages of food after their expiration dates. It really is crazy to think that world food shortage is going to affect us, especially those who live in developed countries where we have an abundance of everything. But we have reason to fear it because world food shortage is just as real as the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan this March 11, 2011.
What Causes World Food Shortage?
There are a lot of causative factors as to why there is an imminent, as the scientists say, world food shortage right now.
The most common and probably the biggest cause of all is the humongous rise in the world population. In fact, scientists say that the population explosion that is happening right now, especially in third world countries, is draining the world of its natural resources. Lands are being bled dry for the food crops that it can produce. Couple that with the fact that there is the increased population of livestock and poultry to cope with the demand of the consumers, and you have yourself an abused land. Aside from this, there are also the illegal and overfishing problems that our waters face as well as the environmental degradation problems such as air, land, and water pollution and deforestation, among others
Another cause of world food shortage is the natural disasters that strike the world. It cannot be denied that there are more and more natural disasters occurring. Tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, blizzards, typhoons are stronger and lasts longer than normal, and they occur more frequently, too. Water levels are higher so there are more flooding, and droughts are more regular than ever in some parts of the globe. Experts say that these climate changes we are experiencing right now can be attributed to the greenhouse effect, which is due to pollution.
Of course, there are also earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and other natural calamities that greatly affect food production.
However, if there is one thing that will hasten the occurrence of world food shortage is that it is the increased demand for food. Our ailing earth just cannot produce what we all need, and some of us have to deal with hunger and go to bed hungry.
The Impact of World Food Shortage on Prices
Aside from going hungry because the world cannot produce enough food at the rate we need it to so as to meet the global demands of the consumers, the prices of major commodities are also expected to increase. It is like a domino effect, really, a small change resulting to a similar change, then another change, then another.
Here is a quick look at this domino effect.
There is a population explosion that is going on right now, and it is becoming quite alarming. Because of the population explosion, there is the need for more land where we can put up more homes, thus, the deforestation problems. Of course, we will need food to feed the growing population, so there is the problem of overfarming as well as overfishing. Both the land and the sea are being drained of their natural resources just so we could meet the global demands for food. Because of deforestation and the increased pressure on the land and the sea to produce food, be it legal or illegal means, there is then the general degradation of the environment. Of course, this will ultimately lead to what we do not want, which is decreased food production. The land and water can no longer provide us the food we need at the rate we are growing, so more and more people will starve. Because of starvation, food shortage, and poverty, revolts and uprisings will happen. If this happens in oil-rich countries, oil production is temporarily but greatly reduced. Reduced oil production means increased fuel prices simply because there is a bigger demand for oil consumption than oil production. This then will lead to increased prices of the major commodities, particularly food. Why? Simply because that grocery store a few blocks away from your home needs fuel to run its coolers and refrigerators, and he has no choice but to increase the food prices because of the higher cost of the oil supply and the higher cost of freight charges to transport precious oil to the grocery store. And the vicious cycle is repeated all over again.
The scary thing is that this reality is happening right now. Major natural disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan are going to greatly reduce the food production of the country. They are producing food for their people as well as exporting food products to other parts of the globe, and the natural disaster that struck this month plus the threat of the nuclear meltdown and contaminated food products are going to take its toll on the country. The people who are living in the hard-hit areas are now experiencing food shortage, and the countries that receive food imports from Japan are also going to experience the loss.
Aside from this, starvation in places plagued by droughts or floods is also happening. After all, who can grow food crops in dry or flooded land?
Wars are also happening in the Middle East and North African regions, and these are greatly affecting oil production. In fact, we are now experiencing increasing oil prices with some talks of oil rationing in some parts of the globe. Naturally, prices of other major commodities in the market are increasing along with the increasing oil price.
But there is hope to overcome this. This will certainly not be resolved in a day or a few years, and it will definitely not come from our leaders and policy makers. It will have to come from us.
World food shortage – a scary thought, right? But a reality nonetheless.
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About the Author
Chef Matthew, the owner of ProChef360 Blog, is an expert in culinary arts.
He is after all an outstanding chef, having had worked in some of the finest resorts, hotels and restaurants in the world.
His interest, however, in social media was awakened when he started his own websites.
Over the years, he took it upon himself to learn everything he can about social media.
He endeavored to discover the secrets behind generating huge traffic and leads for his websites.
He studied the secrets behind generating sales by piggy-backing on high-traffic social media sites.
Over time, he has developed 77 techniques on how to generate huge amount of traffic through the use of social media.
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