Food Shortage Crisis: Origins and Global Impact

Global food shortages are a complex issue affecting all of humanity, with historical, root causes, and potential future impacts. This book provides an in-depth look at the geographic nature of the problem, exploring the history, current state, root causes, solutions, and potential future scenarios. It includes further readings and perspective essays by expert contributors, covering topics such as GMO crops, food waste, and the impact of food scarcity on human health, economic development, and social stability.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 11 July 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Global food shortages are a pressing issue that affects all of humanity, not just the developing world. This comprehensive reference work explores the geographic nature of the problem, helping readers understand that it is not a problem that exists everywhere, but it is a problem that touches everyone. The book begins with an introduction to the basics of global food shortages, moves through the history of the issue, and then explains the current state of affairs. From there, it examines root causes, proposes solutions, and takes a speculative look into the future. This organization moves readers through the problem in a systematic and easy-to-follow manner, while also allowing them to explore each aspect of the issue individually. A curated selection of further readings at the end of each chapter points readers toward resources for additional research and discovery. The book concludes with a selection of perspective essays written by expert contributors. Each explores a different facet of the topic, from the potential of GMO crops to the impact of food waste. Food Shortage Crisis illustrates that the problems of food scarcity and insecurity are neither new nor confined to the developing world. They are the result of a complex interplay of issues at every stage of the process of feeding humanity, from food production to sale and distribution to consumption. Age-old factors such as poverty and inequality are compounded by new realities such as climate change. Global food shortages affect more than human health; they have the potential to cause economic devastation, trigger civil unrest and international conflicts, and change how we as humans interact with the planet and each other.

Weight: 546g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781440858734