Challenges Of Sustainability

As the population increases and resources become scarcer it is up to the farmers, food providers, and scientists to find solutions. An increase in people means a larger demand for food which will lead to more stress on the land that farmers use. The problem of sustainability becomes a glaring issue that will not dissipate on its own. In the article “A Strategy for Enterprise Sustainability” by Dr. Dennis Mathaisel and Dr. Clare L define Sustainability as the “ability to endure” (2011). “Recently, the term has been used more in the context of “green”, which refers to having no negative impact on the environment, community, society, or economy” (2011). It is essentially a way to provide everything in terms of fruits and vegetables while causing …show more content…
In the article “A Vision for Attaining Food Security” by Alison Misselhorn, Pramod Aggarwal, Polly Ericksen, Peter Gregory, Leo Horn-Phathanotai, John Ingram, and Keith Wiebe state that many different challenges we will have to face in order to feed the hungry while keeping a sustainable environment. The first challenge is the population pressure because the population, according to the authors, “is estimated to increase by 47% from 6.1 billion in 2000 to 8.9 billion in 2050” (2012). The authors explain areas in Africa and Asia will experience a growth in population that will place a strain on the environment (2012). A second challenge is climate change because it will change certain areas climates. The authors claim “it is estimated that overall agriculture productivity in these areas may decline 9-21% by 2050, depending on the degree of change in average temperatures (2012). Weather in regions have been calculated so a change could drastically interfere in farming practices that have been developed by farmers and scientists. The authors urge that farm animals and other creatures will be affected because of the land they graze on will not be as it once was (2012). Another challenge that will be faced is that of food access. The authors claim that food is already being produced to feel the entire global population but is not improving food insecurity (2012). That …show more content…
In the article “Food Security and Food Sustainability Reformulating the Debate” the authors Tim Lang and David Barling explain that the western culture has changed from a place that at foods that were in season and very restricted due to seasons to ones that are based on desire (2012). Lang and Barling state that popular consumption products such as soft drinks, meat, and dairy which requires more resources than normal. Such examples are the grain that cattle require to eat, more land, and more water to provide for these demands (2012). Also meat is a large producer of methane and “accounts for 4-12% of the impact on global warming of all consumer products”. Another issue is that food costs are directly related to the cost of fossil fuels and even fertilizer. In the article “The Interconnected Challenges For Food Security From a Food Regimes Perspective: Energy, Climate and Malconsumption” by Colin Sage, the author states that in order to help keep prices more constant to help keep food affordable. Sage also points out that consumers are motivated to buy more food than they will need which increases food waste (2013). Eliminating the low costs of fatty foods and the lowering of costs for more nutritional options could help not only help with health issues but also prevent the buying of excessive