There are many threats to global food supplies. Explain the problem and identify the solutions.

Since the world population are increasing continuously, this modern world now faces many threats to global supplies. While food is inadequate in several places, people in developed countries, which have sufficient food supplies, are generating food waste. This essay will introduce the situations and problems about food waste in developed world, then demonstrate solutions, identify and evaluate the problem.

In the modern world which food production is expanding, food, especially in developed countries, is easily accessible. Thus, there has been an intense rivalry among food manufacturers and retailers. Special offers, promotions and large portion sizes tempt consumers to spend more food than they actually need. Not only overbuying food, discarding food with little blemished on products also became consumers’ habit. These ill-treatments of food are prevalent among people in developed countries, and such actions finally lead to food waste. (slaght, 2012)

The action of developed world consumers leads to household food waste. Food waste in developed countries has significantly increased by approximately 30-40% of food lost to waste over the past years. Unwanted supplies are thrown away to landfill while a lot of people in some countries cannot even afford to access sufficient food supply. Nevertheless, there are solutions to deal with this trouble.

Increasing the price of food is the way to battle food waste problem. With higher price, food will be viewed with much more importance, and people will think twice about food necessity at purchase, preventing overbuying food phenomenon. Consequently, the amount of food waste will be greatly reduced when people aware of the value of food. However, there are some difficulties with this solution.

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