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This document discusses the issues with globalized food systems and increasing monoculture farming. As the global population grows, agricultural lands are decreasing, which could lead to disaster in the 21st century. Countries are increasingly dependent on food imports, and "food miles" contributing to environmental problems are rising. The document proposes introducing polyculture farming practices and urban agriculture to countries to help address these issues. It also suggests promoting agri-tourism and modernizing traditional cuisines in a way that maintains nutritional value.
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While more food is being produced globally than ever before, many people still experience hunger and starvation. Economic and distribution factors play a large role in this. The Green Revolution in the 1960s increased crop yields but developing nations could not afford the new technologies and machinery required. Poor farmers in these countries grow cash crops they can sell for more money instead of food for their own consumption. As a result, hunger is exacerbated by governmental and economic pressures as well as natural causes like drought and overpopulation.
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- 1. polyculture farming introduction in agriculture as the main source! Food globalization – its impact to agricultural lands and our future life Ilze Laukaleja, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia
- 2. Today's world is fast developing, technologies are more and more modernizing and globalizing. Food has become a commodity and its main function, feeding us, has been pushed to the background. We know population is strongly growing . But do we think about future ? Acording to FAO in 2030 population will reach 8,5 billion people. Problem is – agricultural lands are decreasing. Food globalization is one of most important problem and if we don’t change ir it could be 21. century disaster!
- 3. • In the world live about 7,005,657,611 people; • Developed countries are based on monoculture farms, whose numbers increases; • Countries that only imported food are depending on other countries – exporters; • Human growth are inversely proportional to the agricultural lands; • Increase extremes - overweight and hunger are increasing • «Food miles» volume of produce are increasing
- 4. Non-traditional Monoculture Food Export- food production farming import volume increase domination in EU and U.S. Agricultural land decrease Population Increase extremes - growth overweight and hunger
- 5. My ideas for improving the situation Think globally, but act locally! Policultural farming and urban agriculture introduction in your country Popularize agri-tourims – if people could see how food production works Modernizise traditional cuisine, not changing its real nutritional value!
- 6. • Different food production in farm could upgrade economy, because one type of farming could countervail other farming crisis and reverse Policultural farming • "food miles" volume decrease improve air composition • people could see how food production works Popularizing agri- • would be more interested to local food tourism • more children choose healthier food Modernizise • preserve traditions and the true meaning of food traditional cuisine
- 7. Positive aspect • Eat food that is locally produced, are healthier, because people have to eat on its own climate zone • We would save agricultural lands and reduce gas emissions • Save long time eating traditions form disappearing • Could better help other countries, who can’t produce food of geographical reasons
- 8. «Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced» /James Baldwin/ Thank you for your attention!