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IT WILL BE CHALLENGING TO FEED FUTURE GLOBAL POPULATIONS (CLAIM 3:…
IT WILL BE CHALLENGING TO FEED FUTURE GLOBAL POPULATIONS
CLAIM 3: Currently, Degraded soils affect food production globally
Excessive farming
Soils will become more eroded
Causes more deforestation will take place to make farmland
Desertification
The result of eroded soils
Overfarming
Deforestation
Creates dry, infertile soils
Non-arable, farming can't take place
Countries:
Ethiopia
Kenya
Djibouti
Somalia
Deforestation
Removes roots from ground, which decreases soil stability
Less nutrients for soils (autumn, fallen leaves create plant food)
Temperate biomes are slowly being turned into desert
Temperate biomes are the main areas for farming
Stable soils are in Russia and Canada
Most countries with stable soils have to harsh of climate for farming
CLAIM 1: Population growth
9-10 bil by 2050
Developing countries
Developing countries won't be able to afford food for the country's population
Climate change will heavily influence the country's ability to produce crops.
Rate of population growth overtakes rate of food growth
Global ageing
The ageing population doesn't make an income
They are not contributing to the wealth of society
No wealth=less funds to produce food
Global warming
Extreme climate
Rainfall
Less predictable rainfall patterns
Warming
Non-arable biomes
A large percentage of the land on earth is non-arable
Less water
only 2.5% of the earth is covered in fresh water
Water wastage in 1st world countries
CLAIM 2: Less fossil fuels
The world's resources are slowly being deprived
Fossil fuel usage will also affect the rate of climate change (ozone layer)
Once fossil fuels have been deprived, we will have to solely rely on renewable energy
Renewable energy is not being produced fast enough
Renewable energy is not widely used in food production
The government does not see this as a large issue
Use of renewable energy is not a widely addressed topic (as it should be)
More water
68% of worlds fresh water is in glaciers
If climate change were to occur, we would have access to this water
Climate
If the world were to heat up, land that was too cold to grow crops will become arable.
Cold countries won't suffer from permafrost and hypothermia
Technology
Increases in technology will establish new ways to grow crops
Artificial growing methods
renewable energy
Solar panels
can be used to provide sunlight for plants
wind power
motion powered (e,g, water movement)
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