The Contemporary World, Slides of Social Sciences

Download The Contemporary World and more Slides Social Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! food security by: Nicole Saluya and cielo sanglay With a larger population, there would be growing and persistent demand for food on both local and international scale. Agricultural sector and food corporations must be able to meet the demand by increasing production capacity and overall productivity. food security challenges countries with large populations such as China and India. Rationing of food Solution? especially in developing or underdeveloped countries, to address food security issues. But this solution may lead to even more problems. It may ultimately worsen food security as in the experience of India with its targeted Public Distribution System (PDS) in the 1990s (Swaminathan, 2003) FOOD SECURITY & CLIMATE BENEFITS THROUGH NATIONALLY APPROPRIATE MITIGATION ACTIONS IN AGRICULTURE suffers from hunger. The number of undernourished people will increase under climate change. Smallholder farmers, forest dwellers, herders and fishers are the most affected by climate change. PVM Cle MAC m CMe a clara ie] ii cry Cele ems relite(y International trade solution? viewed as a solution to potentially dampen the blows on food security in nations. While relatively poor countries can benefit from international trade by receiving subsidies from rich countries, the latter will be pressured to increase food production capabilities. Rich countries may also struggle with handling food security issues at the domestic and foreign level (Kannan, Mahendra Dev, and Narain Sharma, 2000) have proven viable in addressing food security issues like in the case of China, one of the most populated countries in the world. In 1978, China began reforms in these sectors to ensure food security for the country and its people. Nutrition-wise, China was able to reduce the number of undernourished people by seventy (70) million from 1990 to 2000 (Siang, 2008) economic and agricultural reforms Solution: In the recent decades, internal strife has debilitated food production and supplies in countries such as Israel, Turkey, and Syria. Armed groups against a legitimate government target to prevent, seize, and/or destroy food aid that is intended for government armed forces. Farmers are also driven from their lands because of conflict, and production is then halted. (Choen, Pinstrup-Andersen, 1999). The effects of these circumstances also spill over to neighboring countries due to international trade. ARmed conflict one of the contributing factors that further cripples and weakens food security both on a domestic and international level: