Not Enough Food by 2050? This is a Very Scary Thought

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the food consumption and demand doubled? If you think about how much the world consumes daily and then double that, there is a whole lot of food and when there isn’t enough to go around, that is when you get the problems.

                In something that I read online, it talks about some of the food issues that we might be faced with in the near future. It says by 2050 the food demand will nearly double. This may seem like a really long time, but let me assure you, it’s not.  2050 will happen during our lifetime so it will be something we may want to think and worry about. This article talks about how if we help other countries learn the best ways to farm and to produce food, it will help with this upcoming crisis. In the document it says, “Our analyses show that we can save most of the Earth's remaining ecosystems by helping the poorer nations of the world feed themselves."

                I think that we should really continue to work on finding out more about this subject. It is very important we work as hard as we can to figure out this situation before it really becomes a problem. Can you imagine not having enough food? I know that the thought frightens me enough to want to try and fix it. The research should most definitely be continued to find out more on how we can help our world always have enough food for the people who live here.

               

“Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions could double by 2050 if current trends in global food production continue; this would be a major problem, since global agriculture already accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions,” says one of the scientists who work on the project. They are just saying that if our current trends don’t stop, we will be in trouble. Saran Twombly, program director in the National Science Foundation, says the following. “Ever increasing global demands for food pit environmental health against human prosperity."  This is really a scary thing to think about. A world with not enough food can mean a world with fewer humans. That is why we should continue the research on this topic.

                The article states that the food demand may double by 2050. This may not sound like a lot right now, but when you think about every person in the whole world and double the food consumption, that is a ton of food! We need to be careful about how we grow crops and how we teach out next generation to not waste. The article helps us understand what is going on in the world today. We need to ensure the future of our globe is a bright one filled with plenty of food for everyone.

                I don’t know how the world will handle a crisis like this one. This is a very scary thought. This is one of the reasons I am posting this on my blog. If we are all informed on what is happening in the world, we will be more willing to help out and make sure that something like not having enough food will never happen.