I think a country should not rely on one food staple to survive. If the Irish have other staple aside from potatoes, less people would have died from the potato famine. In Southeast Asia, People rely too much on rice. Whenever there is a rice shortage, the high demand of rice causes a price increase and many people are starving because of it. People there should learn how to eat other staple food aside from rice so there won’t be a shortage of food. Look at Brazil, They have more staples for their dishes, they eat rice, plantains, cassava, flour and manioc.
There won’t be food shortages in the Philippines if people there will be re-cultured to eat other staples aside from rice. Sweet potato, burro banana, maize and cassava were very cheap on that country. Those foods I mentioned are more nutritious than rice. Less people will be starving if rice is not their only staple.
In Many European countries; wheat is the main staple, I have seen people protesting for the rising price of bread because of the high demand of wheat. Right now there are flours that are not made of wheat, If European bakeries will consider flours like Chick pea flour, pumpkin flour, coconut flour and other alternatives maybe bread will be more affordable.
There is Hunger in the US but it is not as worst as Africa and Asia because multiculturalism made Americans a multi-staple society. If there is shortage of potatoes, Americans can go for pasta or lentil. If there is shortage of rice, Americans can go for beans.
If people will learn to use other food staples aside from what they were use to, a famine can be eased much easier. The only hard thing about this is the fact it is not easy to re-culture people. It took 30 years to make Americans eat lobster.
I remember there is an NGO that tried to teach Africans to farm rabbits and learn to eat Rabbit meat because raising rabbits is cheaper and they can multiply faster than chickens and cows. I don’t know if it’s successful but if they succeed to re-culture them to learn using a food source they were not used to, it could stop hunger.
There won’t be food shortages in the Philippines if people there will be re-cultured to eat other staples aside from rice. Sweet potato, burro banana, maize and cassava were very cheap on that country. Those foods I mentioned are more nutritious than rice. Less people will be starving if rice is not their only staple.
In Many European countries; wheat is the main staple, I have seen people protesting for the rising price of bread because of the high demand of wheat. Right now there are flours that are not made of wheat, If European bakeries will consider flours like Chick pea flour, pumpkin flour, coconut flour and other alternatives maybe bread will be more affordable.
There is Hunger in the US but it is not as worst as Africa and Asia because multiculturalism made Americans a multi-staple society. If there is shortage of potatoes, Americans can go for pasta or lentil. If there is shortage of rice, Americans can go for beans.
If people will learn to use other food staples aside from what they were use to, a famine can be eased much easier. The only hard thing about this is the fact it is not easy to re-culture people. It took 30 years to make Americans eat lobster.
I remember there is an NGO that tried to teach Africans to farm rabbits and learn to eat Rabbit meat because raising rabbits is cheaper and they can multiply faster than chickens and cows. I don’t know if it’s successful but if they succeed to re-culture them to learn using a food source they were not used to, it could stop hunger.
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