Human Overpopulation Effects

People, people, people… In a flash, unknown faces pass me by. The 21st century is witnessing the overpopulated world. The Earth now carries over 7 billion, and the number is exponentially accelerating. Between 1900 and 2000, the world population increased three times as great as during the whole previous history of humankind – in merely one century, the world population rose from 1.5 to 6.1 billion (Roser). The effect of overpopulation is severe; the more people, the more demand, and the more people, the more we need to feed. As a result, intensive farming emerged. Intensive farming is viewed as efficient sine it produces high-yield crops compared to organic farming (Effects of Human Overpopulation). One of the examples of intensive farming is genetic

A research by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimated that regulating food waste on a global level could lesson 60 percent of the food demand. Thus, the demand to produce more and more food could be counterbalanced by decreasing the food amount that is wasted (Hoffman). The food waste has alarming impact on the environment. Not only does food waste accelerate the demand for higher harvests, rotted food also indicates wasted natural resources. Today, we are wasting over 1 billion tones of food per year. This amount is equivalent to 3 billion tones of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Furthermore, the total volume of water in wasted food is equivalent to the annual flow of Russia's Volga River, which is Europe’s longest river (Food Waste Harms Climate, Water, Land and Biodiversity – New FAO Report, To the Rescue of River Volga). Food waste is overwhelming misuse of natural resources. This is inappropriate while million of people starve to death every second. Although we can stop world hunger by reducing food wastage, humans can also solve this severe food shortage crisis by sustainable