Food Shortage Crisis : Origins and Global Impact

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. [Publisher's Text]

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