Account for the uneven distribution of food supplies in the more developed countries and the less developed countries. What can be done by the MDC to help overcome the problem of famine in LDC? Illustrate your answer with appropriate examples.

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Today, despite the existence of sufficient food supplies, the goal of feeding everyone in the world cannot be achieved due to the uneven distribution of food supplies. Over 1 000 million people now live in starvation.

Account for the uneven distribution of food supplies in the more developed countries and the less developed countries.

What can be done by the MDC to help overcome the problem of famine in LDC? Illustrate your answer with appropriate examples.

Overall, the food produced should be sufficient to feed the global population, however in reality this cannot be achieved due to the uneven distribution of resources, thus food supplies. In many less developed countries (LDCs in short), such as Ethiopia in North Africa, western part of China in particular, the problem of famine is still their major problem to cope with; whereas in some more developed countries (MDCs in short), such as USA, they food production are in surplus which are even sufficient for large amount of export.

Physical factors are the dominant factors which contribute to the uneven distribution of food supplies in the world. The less developed countries usually locates at latitudes with extreme climate, therefore the soil are usually infertile and agriculture cultivation is hindered. In semi desert area for examples, the annual precipitation is generally lower than 500mm which is not sufficient for many types of crops. The condition is even worse in true desert area, which annual precipitation is lower than 250mm or even 100mm, like in Sahara Desert in Africa. The soil presence is aridisol, which is infertile with low organic content, low cation carrying capacity and moisture content. Therefore the land soil carrying capacity is very low and cannot handle intensive agriculture activities.
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In these areas, huge scale of farming is impossible as there is a lack of sufficient and reliable water sources, faming can be practiced along the river, oasis farming and marginal farming in small scales at desert margin. As there are insufficient crops to be grown, high food demand from the rapid growing population can not be met. There are no sufficient crops as raw material for industrial development, let alone any for export to earn foreign exchange. Therefore the economic growth is very slow.

Besides extreme climate, the presence of relief, such as highland and high ...

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