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Food Security (Threats to Food Security (Economic Factors (Rising Food…
Food Security
Threats to Food Security
Physical Factors
Natural hazards (drought,flood, plague) 
Destroys crops which can reduce food availability. These are One-off, short event
Human Factors
Environmental Degredation
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Economic Factors
Rising Food costs
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DEFINITION: When all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient and safe food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
Viewpoints
Thomas Malthus
Argued too many people to feed on the earth. If a general food crisis did occur. Neo-Malthusians would claim his predictions where correct
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Neo-Malthusians
sub-Saharan Africa per capita calorie has barely increased since 1963. This could be used to support the idea that the struggles to balance food supply and population.
Farm technology costs money, lack of resources needed to access this technology