Food security is becoming a major global concern due to increasing pressures from water scarcity, anticipated climate change impacts, demands for livestock feed and bio-fuels. Food prices have risen dramatically worldwide, but the impacts are being felt most in developing nations, where up to 90 per cent of household income may be spent on food.
if food is global concern due to increasing pressures from water scarcity, anticipated climate change impacts, demands for livestock feed and bio-fuels. Food prices have risen dramatically worldwide
The rising food prices have had a negative effect on global food security, particularly in developing states. Food scarcity is likely to increase conflict over resources and to act as a 'conflict multiplier' in regions of instability, such as Sudan, but also in other areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
Some research suggests that the most effective strategy to adapt agriculture to climate change is to increase biodiversity and the variety of crop species. However, many developing countries lack sufficient resources to invest in the long-term diversification of crop varieties or in a coherent strategy necessary for adapting agriculture to the impacts of climate change