Food Tech: Emerging Solutions to Enduring Problems
Abstract
This paper provides evidence in support of the establishment of enduring food insecurity fixes within the global food system. It assesses that the cost of hunger, food insecurity, and famine are far more than individual ones. By exploring the impacts of climate change, conflict, and corruption, the research here points to a pressing need for change in how we manage food aid specifically, and our global food system more generally. Applying ethical schools of thought to the impacts of food insecurity provides a clear picture of a problem in need of solving. Using emerging technologies in food production, and re-tooling the current system of food aid to better address issues for the long term, will allow food aid and food systems to be more effective. With the population of our planets most food insecure places expected to grow rapidly over the next several decades, inaction to fix these problems is not an option. Food insecurity and all its related components cause problems ranging from physical to emotional, mental to social, and those problems have the potential to manifest into existential crises, with military implications, if left unchecked. Case studies and implementation cases provide examples of where these issues can be mitigated to advance domestic and global security interests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1204796
Entities
People
- Wesley Schultz
Organizations
- Naval War College