What Would Happen If We Feed Ourselves

What would happen if we lost eighty percent of the world’s population due to starvation? It sounds impossible, however, our everyday decisions are contributing to this insane and preventable forthcoming. There has always been a strong debate as to whether or not we would be able to feed ourselves in the future, in the sense of there being enough food. Nowadays, many of the world’s hungriest countries and populations depend on the help of others to get their necessities. Earth is a cruel dog-eat-dog world where ignorance has seemed to affect almost everybody. We don’t notice how big of an impact the people we consider poor have to our everyday lives. With recent events, we have caused a world of starvation, and soon enough, many people will …show more content…
People around the world will find the availability to feed themselves once they produce their own food, lower the cost of food that is currently overpriced, and start depending less on fuels as a source of energy.

One way to secure the satiation of the people is by producing your own food. Years ago, countries, that are today considered poor, were able to feed themselves through an agricultural system. These countries include Mexico, Cambodia, Morocco, Senegal,Egypt, the Philippines, Haiti, amongst many others. Back when they made their own food, they were more competent to self-sustainment and independence. Now, instead of farming and making their own food, many indigent countries rely on imports from other countries to get, not only their food, but also resources and supplies. This has become a problem because with their dependence on imports, their government has spent all their money and therefore, don’t have enough left to pay for other needs such as medicine, shelters, water and most importantly, more food in the future. Also, we should take in consideration the growth of population. If population increases, there would need to be more food in order to feed more people.