• Question: Do you think we will produce enough food

    Asked by Daniel21 to Kuntal on 15 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by lukey pukey.
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      Kuntal Singh answered on 15 Nov 2016:

      This is a really good question. I will extend more on this. Do you think producing enough food guarantees everyone gets to eat?

      To reach food to your plate, food has to go through four main stages: production – food needs to be produced
      available: what if there is an earthquake or big flood and all food you produced are gone?
      accessible: what if food is so expensive to buy that you cannot afford it?
      nutritious: what if the food you produced is not rich in nutrients?

      Therefore, producing enough does not guarantee food-security. Coming back to your question, at the moment we are producing enough food but within the next 20-30 years, the demand of food will go very high and this will require additional land or new crop varieties that are highly productive.

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