THE GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY: A DYSTOPIAN REALITY

Abstract

The Global Food Crisis is a dystopian reality that lies ahead of us, with countless lives in peril, the stakes could not be greater.  It is a dreadful impending doom that all countries fear, impending but not inescapable. According to UN estimates, the global food crisis may result in 132 million people going hungry due to disparities in access to food.

Food security accounts for more than 3.1 million deaths worldwide (FAO;UN, 2021), a number that is expected to treble within the foreseeable future if the world does not band together to combat these catastrophic repercussions. By the time you finish reading this article, a startling 117 children would have already died directly from hunger or causes related to hunger.

With the Russian-Ukrainian war driving the global food industry's demise, the stage is set for a new global leader in food production, and all eyes are on India to deliver.

Despite significant progress towards securing food availability and accessibility through imperative reforms, more effort is required to ensure that the country is competent and capable of tackling the consequences of nutritional insecurity within its own boundaries prior to contributing to the global cause of food security.

To address the increasing demand for food security and accessibility, the world must properly analyse areas that require radical improvement, which can only be accomplished if all countries work together to properly investigate practical strategies to reduce the reliance of low income nations from the developed to boost global food production and security, thus saving the global food system from the brink of collapse.

KEYWORDS: Global Food Crisis, Food Safety, Food Insecurity, Global Hunger, Nutritional Security, Finland, Syria, India, Access Poverty, Innovative Agriculture, Localization, Globalization.