Food Security The Challenge Of Feeding 9 Billion People Analysis

In the article, “Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People,” published on January 28, 2010, Charles Godfray asserts that because of the continuing growing population and the growth of food consumption, the demand for food will increase for at least 40 years due to the lack of certain factors which could prevent the issues being faced with the demand for food. Godfray supports his implication by supplying the reader with a variety of causes as to why the demand for food has continued to rise such as the yield gap, production limits, the change of diets, yet at the same time provides solutions to these certain complications which could reduce the demand for so much food. Moreover, Godfray wishes to convey the readers into understanding the importance of reducing the impact of the food system on the environment and the certain precautions or actions that can be taken in order to better the situation by creating a “multifaceted and linked global strategy” to …show more content…
The author’s audience likely consists of those looking towards helping in food security or interested in how to improve the demand for food by looking into the examples provided in the text.

EVALUATE HOW The article, “Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People” is written as an example of a Toulmin model with a claim, grounds, a warrant, and also a backing to prove the claim that stricter food security and advancement needs to be put in place in order to ensure sustainability and equitable food sources. In addition, Godfray establishes a variety of grounds to support his claim when he states, “The difference between realized productivity and the best that can be achieved using current genetic material and available technologies and management is termed the “yield gap.” The best yields that can be obtained locally depend on the capacity of farmers to access and use, among other things, seeds, water,