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2020-07-22
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Redefining Global Food Security: Do we really have a Global Food Crisis?
Percy M. Chimwamurombe
Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Windhoek, Namibia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-1651
Charlie C. Luchen
Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Windhoek, Namibia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-4635
Paidamoyo N. Mataranyika
Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Windhoek, Namibia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9758-9752
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20448/journal.512.2020.71.105.112
Keywords: Climate change, Food production, Food shortage, Food security, Nutritional security.
Abstract
With the Climate change effects becoming more and more undoubted in the world populations, the reality of food production trends taking a negative curve is clear. This bring up the questions of whether the farmers will be able to produce food for the sustenance of the world population or not? The rate of developing food shortage coping mechanisms in this regard is slower that the ravaging negative climate change effects of drought and floods on farm performance. This commentary has the aim of requesting a fresh discussion around the fundamentals of what is food, what is a food security and what is nutritional security? It is possible that the humanity has a perception that needs refocusing. This is a perception that some people may choose out of non-food safety issues not to eat certain foods while other however healthily eat such food. It therefore becomes hard to technically accept that food is in short supply for those the opt not to eat that which is edible.