Essay About Food Crisis

“I am the first and last to be felt of the living. I am hunger” (1). Hunger is one of the most unpleasant things a human may face and go through. Today, about 1 billion 115 million people suffer from hunger. Most live in Asia, some in Africa and Latin America (2). The food crisis is a huge problem that the world is facing today and is increasing dramatically over time. It is caused by several aspects such as high food prices, climate change and natural disasters. This essay will discuss several solutions on what people can do to reduce the effects of hunger and improve the lives of people suffering.

Alternative food sources can be a solution to face the problem of food crises. Today, 80% of the world are eating insects as an alternative food source. Insects are beneficial in several ways by pollination of crops and controlling pests. For example, some of the fruits we eat are

Plants that are resistant to droughts are pomegranate, legume trees and cactus in which no irrigation is needed, just well drained soil. For example, planting corns with a legume tree helps the soil to hold water as applied in sub-Saharan Africa (3). Likewise, crops that can resist floods are guava, coconut and pumpkin. It can survive up to 2 weeks of continuously wet soil. For instance, growing pumpkin seeds after the floods in monsoon season helped over 1,300 families in Bangladesh to survive (4). Regardless of all the positive aspects toward growing plants that can survive floods and drought there are still some hindrance. Firstly, the cost of the resources is too expensive to be provided by everyone. In addition, the soil may not be arable. Therefore, this solution may not be as efficient as it sounds due to some difficulties in utilizing it but would be helpful if it was applied where it would benefit countries suffering from drought and