Please Appreciate What We Have-Food Security
Food always
is a global topic that many countries concern about the supply and demand. And
the food price increases which draw attention of the world's policy-makers and
news media to food security. How serious the situation is, we should understand
this first. This blog will focus on this and provide some probable solutions
for this global issue.
What is food
security?
Food
security has a various meanings, and the most common one is that food security
is a condition related to the supply of food, and individuals' access to it. To
be more specific, the food security does not mean that food which may be
poisonous, but means food shortage. Concerns of food shortage have existed
throughout history. At the 1974, World Food Conference defined the term 'food
security' as an emphasis on supply.
This kind
of global issue even occurs in the ancient China which was a large country of
grain production. Food insecurity is not necessarily a lack of food, but is
underpinned by a lack of accessibility to diverse produce, and the implications
that has. In another words, the food shortage should include the diversity of
food and nutrition.
Why there is food security?
One of the
reasons is agricultural industrialization. Using pesticide or chemical
fertilizer may deteriorate the soil texture and pollute the underground water
system. Increasing reliance on chemical fertilizers in agricultural production
leads to declining crop yields, exacerbating global food crisis.
How to mitigate
this issue?
In order to
mitigate this issue, we should find another way out to replace the agricultural
industrialization. Some think that genetic engineering is a method to solve
this problem, however there are also some drawbacks of this method. In
contrast, there are some methods called 'Intelligent Farming' which includes
the tillage methods may be beneficial to the biodiversity.
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