Thursday, June 4, 2015

What would be the effects of increasing the amount of agriculture? Why would these problems happen? Suggest some possible solutions.

    Nowadays, a booming population is one of the challenges for most countries around the world. But the main threat is climate change. The population is increasing so more food needs to be grown in order to response to the demand. However, growing more food or creating more farms is not as easy as we think it would be. It may fulfill our demands at one point but on the other hand, it causes green house gas emissions. This essay will examine the problem of increasing agriculture and suggest some solutions.
    A lack of food is a huge concern for people, especially farmers. They need to grow and produce more agricultural products for intake. So to deal with these problems, they tend to expand their lands by cutting down trees or using more chemical fertilizer for a quick and better outcome. But what they hadn't though of is that these kind of actions have amazingly increased green house emissions and therefore directly affected the crop yield it seeks to increase. This leads to several issues such as climate change and natural disasters. Ir-regulated seasons, drought and flood is causing food
shortages and price spikes in many parts of the world.
    To prevent these impacts from going further, we need to escalate possible and beneficial solutions. Actually, there are some solutions which should be used to ease these problems. First, natural fertilizer should be use more. Crops need fertilizer to grow well but if chemical fertilizer is bad for the environment, we should consider and change to use the natural ones instead. Natural fertilizer is environmentally friendly and safe for people.Even if we don't eat fertilizer but we eat what comes out of it- roots, leaves, fruits, vegetables or flowers. That's why we should use what is safe for our health. Moreover, Natural fertilizer will not affect the climate nor the atmosphere. Another solution is to use field schools to teach improved farming techniques. By joining the field-schools class, farmers will be well-educated and learn better and safer tips in growing crops. They will be able to use irrigation systems and breed more climate-resistant crops which are suitable to their region's climate. The final solution is to create more community projects. By organizing more community events or projects, both farmers and non-farmers will be able to participate in these projects and they will get to know better about agriculture. Community projects should be include teaming up to plants trees, do-it-yourself garden, breeding new types of crops or farmers gathering. By creating these kinds of projects, experienced farmers or scientists will be able to share their crucial experiences and tips on how to get better harvests.
    In conclusion, food shortage and climate change are such problems for the world. Despite having these problems, there are still ways to solve it. If we follow the right solutions and stop doing what destroys the Earth, our lives will be free from starvation, famine and global warming and the world will be a better place for today and tomorrow.

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