Demand for food is increasing worldwide. What is the cause of this? What measures can the international community take to meet this demand?

Food
consumption is surging all around the world. In
this
essay, the main cause will be
analised
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analysed
and some solutions will be suggested in order to deal with
this
situation. It is a known fact that the overall population is increasing in number. At the beginning of the
last
century
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we were no more than 2 billion people, while nowadays we are almost 9 billion.
This
,
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is because the rate of birth far
outnumber
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the one of death, leading to an inevitable overpopulation. For
this
reason
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we will soon have a problem between production and
consuption
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consumption
of
food
.
However
, in the
last
decade more and more companies are investing part of their budget to find new ways to produce more
food
ad to do it more efficiently.
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are two main options to deal with
this
issue.
First
, we need to produce more
food
,
secondly
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we need to find solutions to avoid
to waste
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it.
For example
, developed countries should invest more money in vertical farms which will allow us to increase the production of certain kind of products
such
as tomatoes and potatoes, without the need
of
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vast agricultural field which
are
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already
scarse
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scarce
in many countries around the world.
On the other hand
, we need to minimise the wastage of fresh vegetables or meat.
Therefore
, one solution could be a mass media
campain
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campaign
directed to the whole population in order to sensitise people towards a more sustainable way of shopping at the supermarket to be able to reduce the incredible amount of
food
that we throw in the bin
everyday
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. In conclusion, overpopulation is the main factor that
contribute
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to the
increase
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demand for
food
,
pherhaps
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perhaps
every country should take action investing in more technological infrastructures for
food
production and marketing strategies to tackle
this
concern.
This
,
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will lead to a more sustainable world and
hopefully
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there won't be any
food
shortage.
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