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Food shortage reasons, dababy - Coggle Diagram
Food shortage reasons
Climate change
causes more droughts
natural disasters become more widespread
stress on farmers who are no longer able to produce enough food
Conflict
crops can be destroyed in conflict
farmers' lives are disrupted and can no longer grow food
farmers' lives in danger
Oil prices
increased cost of running machinery
cost of food increases
harder for poor families to eat
increased transportation cost
Urbanisation
most of the population live in urban areas
less agricultural land
farmers move into cities for opportunities
less farms
food shortage
Increased incomes
overall inflation
farmers must sell more expensive food for the same value of profits
harder for poor people to eat
population increase
in 2014 the world population grew by approximately 81 million people
more people to feed
food shortage
Increased biofuel production
more people are growing crops for biofuel
less land for growing food
less food
Declining agricultural productivity
reduced water for farmers, poorer soils, and less funding for agricultural research
over the past 20 years agriculture has become less productive
less food per hectare of land
Natural disasters
damages to farms
loss of livestock
damage crops
less or no food to give
Reduced grain supply
in 1992 and 1999 average grain stock supply was 116 days
by 2012, stocks dipped to 70 days
The Earth Policy Institute believes this buffer to be inadequate
low grain stocks
food shortage
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