AINUN KHAIRIYAH BINTI TAIB

Fighting Food Poverty

Article: S. Davies, "Fighting food poverty," Engineering & Technology, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 48-49, 2012.

        Global warming has been caused to climate change for instance rising in temperatures, extreme weather events, and changing rainfall patterns. Under those circumstances, the impact of climate change on agriculture sector has turned down the productivity of food production. In short, this would lead to increasing in food demand and overall rising food prices. To sustain the resources for food, many farmers, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and researchers are working hard in finding a solution to these major challenges. Other than sustaining the resources of food, another work is needed in which to sustain the world economy. Relying too much on fossil fuels limit the efforts to sustain world economy. According to FAO, another approach is required through energy-smart model, where the energy efficiency in the food chain can be improved. On the positive side, it lowering the usage of fossil fuels by using more renewable energy. A project called “Climate-smart agriculture” is a solution approach that aims to improve the fight against food poverty. It just not stops there, this project has high potential in reducing emissions, capturing, and sequester atmospheric carbon. It is also important to note that, it is not easy to implement and working with the new project. Agriculture sectors and farmers need to slowly putting climate-smart technology into practice. Besides, farmers and their communities also need to learn how this project can fit and adapt to agriculture. This is due to the fact that different countries have different geography, weather, and natural resource base.