Although the modern world is considered as the most developed and the most secured due to science and technology, so many threats are still posing serious challenges to human survival. If war and terror, famine and hunger, flood and earth quake have always been perishing human beings from the mother earth, the issue of food security is also threatening our existence on this planet. The problem is increasing day by day because on one side the population explosion is on the rise, but on the other hand the efforts to provide food to all at the required caloric level is much below than the expectations. It is expected that the total population of the world will be almost 9 billion by 2050 (Black, 2010) .This a very alarming situation especially
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It seems that the developing nations most of the time are preoccupied with their political frictions and internal challenges. Some examples in this regard are: Syria and Pakistan where more than 2 million people are refuges just because of limited war. If Pakistan have problem of food shortage due to 5 million refugees from Afghanistan and internal cities known as IDPPS, Syria have the same problem due to civil war. In both cases, political will seems to be absent in solving the issue. Similarly, recent conflicts in South Sudan and Somalia have put almost 5 million people on “hunger catastrophe” (The Guardian). Another important fact needs to be focused is that not only the poor countries are exposed to the food security risks, but America and some other developed countries are also facing the same problems. However, their problem is temporary or during the crisis like Katrina hurricane which devastated the state of New Orleans in 2005(Not Meant To Live Like This, 2010). More than 45 million Americans are living in poverty (Welfare programs are shown to reduce poverty in America(The Guardian).Thus , the intensity
It seems that the developing nations most of the time are preoccupied with their political frictions and internal challenges. Some examples in this regard are: Syria and Pakistan where more than 2 million people are refuges just because of limited war. If Pakistan have problem of food shortage due to 5 million refugees from Afghanistan and internal cities known as IDPPS, Syria have the same problem due to civil war. In both cases, political will seems to be absent in solving the issue. Similarly, recent conflicts in South Sudan and Somalia have put almost 5 million people on “hunger catastrophe” (The Guardian). Another important fact needs to be focused is that not only the poor countries are exposed to the food security risks, but America and some other developed countries are also facing the same problems. However, their problem is temporary or during the crisis like Katrina hurricane which devastated the state of New Orleans in 2005(Not Meant To Live Like This, 2010). More than 45 million Americans are living in poverty (Welfare programs are shown to reduce poverty in America(The Guardian).Thus , the intensity