Famine or ecological agriculture

It turns out that there is a constant increase in the amount of food produced in the world, but an increase in the production and supply of food and low prices do not mean that everyone has enough food. The increase in the amount of food according to worldwide numbers hides the fact that millions of people do not have enough food.

The following are details published by the "Millennium Development Plan" and the World Bank Millennium Development Goal (MDGs). The plan was announced at the beginning of the millennium and aims to halve the number of the poor and hungry in the world by 2015. Where the index that determines who is poor is a person who lives on one dollar a day. However, according to the rate The current goal will only be achieved in 2150.

Most of the improvements in reducing malnutrition were concentrated in the Asian continent where the level of malnutrition was reduced by about 30%. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the numbers dropped significantly in the XNUMXs, but since then the situation has remained without progress. Also in the Near East and North Africa the numbers decreased during that period but have recently increased somewhat.
On the other hand, in sub-Saharan ("Black Africa") the relationship is reversed. In 1970 the number of people living in malnutrition was about 10 million, in 2012 the number rose to more than 240 million. From this it can be estimated that in 2014 the number was even higher.

When you check it turns out that there is a constant increase in the amount of food produced in the world, but that the increase in food production and supply and low prices do not mean that everyone has enough food. The increase in the amount of food according to worldwide numbers hides the fact that millions of people do not have enough food.

According to the estimate, as of 2010 there are close to a billion people living in malnutrition, of which about 90% are in developing countries, about 9% in countries that are in transition and one percent of hungry people in developed and industrialized countries.

In order to get closer to the goal and reduce the number of the poor in general and in Africa (in sub-Saharan Africa) in particular, the approach and methods of operation must be changed, and no, in a short time the poor of Africa and its hungry will have an absolute majority in the world.

The current activity focuses on attempts to improve the production capacity of food species, this is not enough. There is a vital and urgent need to combine agricultural branches with environmental studies.
Agriculture is a sensitive branch that depends on water, therefore an environmental (ecological) approach is important, since at the same time there is an effort to improve crops, raise more farm animals and catch more fish. It is important to find ways to preserve the quality of the soil, preserve forests and groves, avoid damage to water cycles - maintain drainage and water collection areas, implement economical irrigation methods and find ways to renew aquas.

The natural environment is an open system, therefore it is necessary to guard against assessments and approaches that correspond to the thinking patterns of a closed system. Useful engineering or industrial methods and concepts must be used for planning and carrying out agricultural activity, while in the background the immediate biological environment must be taken into account. That is to act according to "agro-ecologically methods", among other things using a variety of genetically improved species (by traditional genetics but also by genetic engineering). It is also important to make proper use of fertilizers and adapt species to growing conditions.
That is, not only the production of more seeds or vegetables but the adaptation of plants to changing climate conditions, in the past agricultural research was focused on separate and isolated animal and plant species from others. Recently it has become clear that through the implementation of systems of different species with symbiotic relationships - it is possible to derive great benefits at a low price and without harming the natural environment. For example, raising fish in ponds on land and reusing water by purifying it in secondary ponds where oysters or algae are grown.

We are all aware of the importance of bees in pollinating flowers of fruit trees and vegetables. The progress of scientific knowledge in microbiology, soil ecology and epigenetics (changes in the living cell without changes in DNA) can enable and help farmers to improve production with cheap means and methods. The effort to develop cheaper and better growing methods is combined with attempts to direct less crops to produce fuel (biofuel) and more to growing food, Like for example in Nebraska in the USA, an area where more and more corn is used to produce fuel but recently has been suffering from a drought.

At the same time it turns out that in developed countries up to 40% of the food is thrown in the trash, from this it is clear that a proper distribution of resources will also help to eradicate hunger.

The direction needed for the implementation and success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is support for agriculture and farmers. One of the examples I found is Growing potatoes with seawater irrigation, a method developed in the Netherlands and already implemented in Pakistan. Farmers who direct their activities to the application of environmental farming methods, farmers who adopt scientific methods, will be the farmers who will be able to supply and produce the supplies required for food security.