Food Shortage Crisis

Food Shortage Crisis

Origins and Global Impact

Drake, Dawn M.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

07/2024

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9781440858734

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Acknowledgements
Preface

Introduction
Basics of Human Nutrition
What is Famine?
Who is Impacted Most by Global Food Shortages?
Why Should the World Care?

Chapter 1: The Origins and Causes of Global Food Shortages
A Brief History of Agriculture
A Brief History of Food Shortages
Historic Solutions to Food Shortages
Is There a Global Food Shortage?
Causes of Food Shortages Globally
Conclusions
Further Reading

Chapter 2: The Current State of Global Food Shortages and Impacts of Shortages
Supply vs. Demand in Global Food
Who is Most Affected?
Outcome of Food Shortages: Increasing Food Imports
Outcome of Food Shortages: Ability to Use Food as a Political Tool
Conclusions
Further Reading

Chapter 3: Responses to Global Food Shortages
Improving Food Distribution
Improving Distribution of Food Aid
Improving Production
Improving Storage
Conclusions
Further Reading

Chapter 4: Future Implications of Global Food Shortages
Scenario One: Humans Adapt and Develop New Technology
Scenario Two: Lack of Adaptation Leads to a Series of Cascading Consequences
Conclusions
Further Reading

Chapter 5: Perspective Essays
Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh, Saleh Ahmed
A Burdensome Abundance: Thinking Critically and Empathetically about the Green Revolution, Jessey Gilley
Pathways Toward Zero Hunger: Organic and Genetically Modified Crops, Zeynab Jouzi
Food Insecurity, Food Waste, and the Globalization of Food Banks, Daniel N. Warshawsky
Insurgency Threat to Food Peace in Nigeria, Olusola Olufemi
Food Aid: Saving Grace or Neocolonial Dependency?, Hannah Kass
Seeding Seven Generations: The Key to Our Sustainable and Healthy Food Future, Stephen R. Penner and Michael Yellow Bird

Bibliography
Index
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Birth Rate; Cash Crops; Climate Change; Deforestation; Famine; Food Aid; Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Organic Farming; Selective Plant Breeding; Sustainable Agriculture; Human Nutrition; Poverty; Food Insecurity; Food Distribution; Food Production