Agriculture production surpasses current demand as much as twice the population can be feed,ie current world's population is 7 billion but can meet the food demand of 14 billion population.The greatest irony is that 1 billion population (100 crore) are going hungry because of various reasons.
Some stats on food security:
1.Currently they are 150 crore obese people in world.
2.industrial agriculture system use 10 kilo calories to produce 1 kilo calories of food.
3.industrial agriculture emptied rural population leads to urban population explosion.
4.india produces excess in food yet it has the largest number of hungry in the world.
Industrial Agriculture which uses fertilizers ,pesticides and machinaries in excess destroys soil fertility,water quality ,less nutritious food as well as unhealthy .
Myth One: Industrial Agriculture Will Feed the World
World hunger is not created by a lack of food but by poverty and landlessness, which deny people access to food. Industrial agriculture actually increases hunger by raising the cost of farming, by forcing tens of millions of farmers off the land, and by growing primarily high-profit export and luxury crops.
World hunger is not created by a lack of food but by poverty and landlessness, which deny people access to food. Industrial agriculture actually increases hunger by raising the cost of farming, by forcing tens of millions of farmers off the land, and by growing primarily high-profit export and luxury crops.
Myth Two: Industrial Food is Safe, Healthy, Nutritious
Industial agriculture contaminates our vegetables and fruit with pesticides, slips dangerous bacteria into our lettuce, and puts genetically engineered growth hormones into our milk. It is not surprising that cancer, food-borne illnesses, and obesity are at an all-time high.
Industial agriculture contaminates our vegetables and fruit with pesticides, slips dangerous bacteria into our lettuce, and puts genetically engineered growth hormones into our milk. It is not surprising that cancer, food-borne illnesses, and obesity are at an all-time high.
Myth Three: Industrial Food is Cheap
If you added the real cost of industrial food - it's health, environmental, and social costs - to the current supermarket price, not even our wealthiest citizens could afford to buy it.
If you added the real cost of industrial food - it's health, environmental, and social costs - to the current supermarket price, not even our wealthiest citizens could afford to buy it.
Myth Four: Industrial Agriculture is Efficient
Small farms produce more agricultural output per area than large farms. Moreover, larger, less diverse farms require far more mechanical and chemical inputs. These ever increasing inputs are devastating to the environment and make these farms far less efficient than smaller, more sustainable farms.
Small farms produce more agricultural output per area than large farms. Moreover, larger, less diverse farms require far more mechanical and chemical inputs. These ever increasing inputs are devastating to the environment and make these farms far less efficient than smaller, more sustainable farms.
Myth Five: Industrial Food Offers More Choice
What the consumer actually gets in the supermarket is an illusion of choice. Food labelling does not even tell us what pesticides are on our food or what products have been genetically engineered. Most importantly, the myth of choice masks the tragic loss of tens of thousands of crop varieties caused by industrial agriculture.
What the consumer actually gets in the supermarket is an illusion of choice. Food labelling does not even tell us what pesticides are on our food or what products have been genetically engineered. Most importantly, the myth of choice masks the tragic loss of tens of thousands of crop varieties caused by industrial agriculture.
Myth Six: Industrial Agriculture Benefits the Environment and Wildlife
Industrial agriculture is the largest single threat to the earth's biodiversity. Fence-to-fence ploughing, planting and harvesting techniques decimate wildlife habitats, while massive chemical use poisons the soil and water, and kills off countless plant and animal communities.
Industrial agriculture is the largest single threat to the earth's biodiversity. Fence-to-fence ploughing, planting and harvesting techniques decimate wildlife habitats, while massive chemical use poisons the soil and water, and kills off countless plant and animal communities.
Myth Seven: Biotechnology Will Solve the Problems of Industrial Agriculture
New biotech crops will not solve industrial agriculture's problems, but will compound them and consolidate control of the world's food supply in the hands of a few large corporations. Biotechnology will destroy biodiversity and food security, and drive self-sufficient farmers off their land.
New biotech crops will not solve industrial agriculture's problems, but will compound them and consolidate control of the world's food supply in the hands of a few large corporations. Biotechnology will destroy biodiversity and food security, and drive self-sufficient farmers off their land.
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