In many countries the ratio of population to food supply is unbalanced. The large increase in population has also raised the number of people more likely to die of starvation. When statistics are viewed it shows that 76% of the worlds population live in developing countries, and have only 24% of the worlds food to survive off, that’s just over 0.3% of food for each person; if shared out equally.
A way in which to solve this problem would be to have a more sufficient distribution of food across all of the world’s countries. So each country will have enough food to allow the whole of its population to survive off.
Another way in which this problem could be solved, is by the arrival of contraception, and advice on how to use it, this will hopefully stabilise the population numbers and give people the chance to decided whether or not they want to use the contraception or have a baby.
Due to the fact that these countries are only developing, their lack of medicines and hygienic hospital facilities means that disease, is another one of the largest killers in developing countries. A short range of immunisations available means that disease can be caught quickly and young or newborn children are the most affected by this, often causing death. If a disease infects a family member, not only are the rest of the family capable of also becoming victims of it, but also the income of the household is decreased and so therefore less money is coming in for food or medicine. Possible leading to starvation.
The red cross try their best to help countries affected by disease, or war stricken areas, but people of the country should be educated to a high standard about medicines, what can be used for coughs or certain diseases. First aid is another thing, what to do if someone receives a cut, in order for it not to get infected.
Facilities should be put to a high and hygienic standard, people brought in who known what they are doing, giving the people a start for a healthier future.
We take many crops i.e. Fruits and coca beans for granted. Items such as cotton, coffee, tobacco and bananas are seeded grown and picked from developing countries, by the residents of developing countries. Then are sold by developed countries. As an example on the minuet amount of money received by these people, who do all of the hard labour, a banana in developed countries is sold for approximately 10p. 4p goes to retail, 2pgoes to the importers, 1½p goes to the packers, 1p to shipping, ½ p to the exporters and only 1p to the people who work hard in the sun in order for us to have one banana.
A way in which this problem can be solved is by increasing the number of ‘Fair Trade’, products and shop, so for each product the ‘Picker’, will be given a fair increased wage, suitable for the chore they do.