Nowadays, many improvements were introduced in agriculture, and yet there are people who are struggling with starvation all over the world. This can be attributed to uneven food distribution and climate change. However, these problems can be addressed with well-planned solutions.
One major cause of people going hungry is inequality in food access. Food moves by wealth and infrastructure, not the human need. Countries with good farming systems can grow food far more than the population needs. Because of the food is cheap and available for them, a huge amount of it is wasted. Meanwhile, poorer countries mainly depend on imported food, because their own agricultural system is not developed enough and lacks modern technologies. As global trade rises they usually cannot afford the food they need, which leads people to go hungry. To tackle this problem, those countries which are overproducing and wasting food should redirect the surplus food to food banks or low-income communities. This increases global availability and reduced the need to produce more.
Another reason why some people are experiencing starvation is climate change. Farming usually relies on predictable weather – regular rains, stable temperatures, reliable planting seasons. However, natural disasters such as – droughts, storms, floods, and heatwaves can seriously affect the growing crops and even destroy them. Drought can dry out the soil, floods wash away entire fields, heatwaves damage crops. These climate shifts can invite pests and plant diseases that farmers have never faced before. Because of these disasters, harvests will be failed, which means that there is little food and a lot of people of feed. To solve this issue, farming should be strengthened. Weather-resistant crops should be introduced so that they endured dry weather, floods and heatwaves. This could result in fewer failed harvests and more food to the people.
In conclusion, despite the developments in the fields of agriculture, some people are still hungry. This can be caused by several factors, and can be solved by redirecting the excess food and introducing resistant crops.