Topic: How we survive food shortages - page 8. (Read 1693 times)

Not everyone is willing to take the time to grow something in their backyard, you will spend way more time on this than you'll get benefit. Agriculture on a global scale belongs to large holdings and it is very difficult to compete with them. I don’t know if this is bad or not, on the one hand they provide many countries with everything they need, on the other hand they become monopolists to some extent and can influence the price.

Resilient to food shortage, but very dependable from weather. How can people in countryside be more resilient, when they can not control weather and future? I think countryside people are more vulnerable to crisis. Every financial crisis hits those people first and more severe. Each disaster in their area if not throw them back for half a year (if we speak about supply) if not completely destroy their future. The fact that people in countryside can harvest a ton of potatoes for example and eat it during whole year or until next harvest does not mean they are more resilient.

If the ants can be very wise enough in preparing ahead for he next season in other to avoid food shortage, how much more we the people that have every ability and potentials to make wealth and reason well not plan for ourselves against food shortage, we need to first attack and tackle means by which good items go on waste, preserve them and provide a way they can be stored without loosing taste or value, this will help having enough food items in reserve when there's scarcity or shortage.

You move to countryside. Countryside is much more resilient to food shortages and other types of crisis. Also, you would be surprised how fast people can accommodate to disparity.

The biggest phenomenon and mystery for me is why with such brains (scientists and technologies) people create guns and bombs instead of bread and butter. Remember we had wheat crisis when Russian-Ukrainian war started? How prices on selected goods went up, how a huge tanker with wheat was captured in Turkey, and etc. Why factories instead of creating bullets arent creating seeds? I am sure that scientists with help of chemistry can change molecules of crops, animals in a such a way, that we would have double harvest/double size. Yet instead we have food shortages...

This post is full of misinformation and I would encourage everyone to fact-check before accepting these claims.

It is due to the low price of buying their crops. This is mostly said by the farmers. When the crop is bought in by the supplier, they buy it cheap and sell it at a high price, and the government can't regulate it. Also, fertilizer is very expensive, which makes the farmer quit. The life of a farmer is very difficult, and most of them tell their children to go to school and find a job and not to continue farming. If this was just supported by the government, there would be a ton of farmers right now.

Maybe they under estimate its potential and to be honest, I rarely heard agriculture when it comes to investment choices but people always talks about real estate, stocks and right now crypto. Crypto is the latest and currently among the hottest investment assets due to how quickly the coin can skyrocket but together with it is the risk.

It's normal that young people won't like investing in agriculture because they think only old people are only involved it but if only they knew how important it is because this is one of the ways that people can get food to eat, then maybe they will change their mind. This post can be an eye-opener to them.

The main issue is that there aren't many people investing in agriculture, particularly among young people in my area, who I believe have a very negative mentality toward it. If everyone could start farming, even just a small amount in their backyards, it would help bring down the cost of food in the markets because there aren't many farmers right now and commercial farming requires a lot of money. and to me, farming is not a big deal at all no matter how small.

Food insecurity is an issue not just in less developed nations, but also in those that are more prosperous. Many people even in countries with thriving economies go hungry. Low-income families often have to prioritize food costs over other essentials like housing and healthcare costs because of this. We must acknowledge our good fortune in having a reliable food supply and work to eliminate the underlying causes of food insecurity. Supporting legislation that expands access to affordable, nutritious food and funding organizations that provide food assistance are two options. It is everyone's responsibility to ensure that all people have access to nutritious food

Food crises and food shortages have always been a hot topic of discussion. but strangely it is very rare that really moves to make changes and intend to improve the agricultural sector which has an impact on increasing food yields. Increasing food yields reduces food crises. many talk about this but few have any real effort. And this is not without reason. because I also understand that at this time everyone including myself is more busy with work so they don't have time to advance the agricultural system which is indeed the source of food problems.

but indeed some people are also trying to increase progress in this agricultural sector. they even do it through Cryptocurrency. There are several altcoins that are specifically made for the world of agriculture. like in Indonesia there is an altcoin called Hara ($Hart). And maybe there are many more efforts from through the Cryptocurrency channel that are also trying to enter the agricultural sector and introduce the agricultural sector to young people so that they are more interested in agriculture.
But it seems that this does not have too much impact. but at least small efforts like that have been tried by many.

and I think that in overcoming the food crisis, there must be a move to invite wider elements of society, which will have a much more impact if it is carried out by the government in each country. like creating a free college program for agriculture majors. so that there will be many graduates in the field of agriculture who of course after graduation they will be eager to enter the world of agriculture. due to the fact that in several countries there is still a lot of abandoned land that can be used as an agricultural area. and the government can give permission to its citizens to clear land for agriculture. and the government must contribute in assisting the opening of agricultural land.

Personally, according to my own observations, food shortage isn't particularly as a result of climate change, but has more to do with people leaving their farms.
It seems that the more the world is advancing in technology, the more business opportunities are opening up and so are several people leaving their farms for better jobs or businesses.

So to really cub the menace called food shortage, majority of us must endeavor to return to our farms, this a the only solution I can think of right now.

The way you look at food can vary greatly depending on where you live in the world. The poorest in the world can often have a battle every day just to find food, even if they are lucky to have small amounts of money the supply can be unreliable and unpredictable. Unfortunately people who are fighting just to survive will often stay at subsistence level because they simply don't have the resources to save or invest in a better future. It's easy to forget when you live in more developed countries how amazing the logistical supply chain is to supply so much, to so many, at usually decent quality and at a consistent price point. We should be more grateful for this amazing society that works relatively smoothly.

First of all, people should definitely be made aware of wastage and food management, and there should be more investment in agriculture and food production. Also, food shortages are often caused by the inability of products from food production areas to reach consumption areas, it is necessary to improve transportation infrastructure, improve logistics management and most importantly to tackle climate change because climate change is a major threat to agriculture and food production.

The biggest phenomenon for people living in the world is scarcity and current inflation. In order not to be affected by this shortage, people have to switch to producer mode, not consumer. Nothing comes out with just consumption, only the food consumed becomes more expensive. Even if it is not possible to produce everything, production is necessary in order to save money and even turn it into income. Balancing the consumption situation at least in half makes every individual extremely comfortable. Since consumption and production are in balance, there is no possibility of an individual being scarce.

It will indeed help us to survive in the midst of a food shortage, but in my opinion we cannot always do it or in other words the effectiveness that will be produced will be reduced. I personally prefer to manage it independently, I mean I start to produce myself like small farming, even though it's not much, but most importantly it will be enough to support the needs of the family. Indeed, things like this are more difficult to do, but if we do it well and with the right farming methods, then it will help.

I've personally deployed a strategy to fight food shortage I the future I acquired a few acres of and for agricultural purpose in a location in the village not too far away from the city because with the way the economy is going I need to start doing commercial agriculture it will feed me and my family in a season of drought.

The overexploitation of our resources has been going on for so long that there is not a quick way to fix this, and this is especially true for agriculture as the amount of farmland and freshwater is limited.

And unfortunately the ones that will suffer the most out of this process are the poorest as the rich and the middle class can always afford to pay more for their food while the poor cannot do so, so this is going to be one of the biggest challenges we are going to face during the next decades.

Depending on where you live, I live in the countryside and my family grows our own raw vegetables, we don't use any pesticides. In reality, it is true that when we do not use fertilizers and growth drugs, the yield will not be as high, but in return, it is clean and healthy.
What I fear is that the original cultivars are fading away and being replaced by genetically modified cultivars that give good yields but are not as good as the original cultivars. Most of the cultivars on the market today are genetically modified.

It will for sure increase the productivity and aid the global food shortage, however, the long term effects for these kind of process are for sure gonna reduce the average lifespan of a human being. There will be more illnesses that will be discovered in the future because of all the chemicals and how our foods are modified. There will be zero consumption of natural foods in this generation, because even if you're growing your own crops, it's inevitable not to spray something to it, to avoid being destroyed by bugs.