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The Effects of Global Scarcity

An Essay

The Effects of Global Scarcity

Global scarcity is definitely a scary apprehension . It is something that will remind us that all things may run out of supply . Abundance is no longer the term that will be used . It will become an obsolete term and should be discarded . This is actually the reality , and there is no way hiding it

When we speak of scarcity , we mean to say the basic commodities

in life like food , water , shelter and even energy resources like oil and electricity . There abundance in food when no one is hungry . Basically the scenario is that all people are able to buy food for their families Starvation is out of the picture . When this situation does not exist and we see people loitering around the streets to ask for food , the situation is worst . There is an impending danger that the number of people who cannot afford to feed their families will increase

With respect to water shortage , it is also scary to think of . Imagine the difficulty when water supply is limited . At times , there may be enough water supplies . Yet , is it clean ? The most important thing to remember is that we need a clean and sufficient water supply . Aside from that , people also need shelter to protect them from rain and other pollution that may harm them . Houses should be built to provide shelter for families . However , we cannot build houses when there is no place to utilize for its construction . This places should be accessible enough and well populated so that it will be a nice place to live Transportation is also a necessity and the increase of oil prices will affect it . Electricity must be sufficient to help the operation of business establishments as well as individual activities in the home There should be enough supply of these things

Godoy quoted Bode saying that farmers in countries of the South cannot compete with subsidied agricultural produce from Europe (Godoy , 2008 ,

br 1 . Godoy (2008 ) wrote that

The economic consequences of eliminating small farmers in the agricultural scene are increasing unemployment and poverty among farmers in Africa , Asia and Latin America , Bode said . This leads on to food scarcity because farmers lose the possible way to grow more (1

Aside from that Godoy reported that the prices of wheat soared high on average 130 percent since last March 2007 as said (Godoy , 2008 ,

. 1 Soy prices also reached 83 percent over the past three years (Godoy 2008 ,

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Godoy continued to explain that these increase in food prices has caused protests in many countries such as Haiti , Mauritania , Egypt Ethiopia , Yemen , Philippines , and Thailand (Godoy , 2008 ,

. 1 . Godoy (2008 ) also wrote that

If the European Union would not cut artificially the prices of its own agricultural products , there would be no hunger and food scarcity in the world , for the reason that small farmers...