How physical and human processes are linked to explain the deficit of food production?

... Essay: How physical and human processes are linked to explain the deficit of food production? A food deficit is where there is not enough food to feed the current population. The world still suffers from a food deficit even though in most MEDC's in the world there is a food surplus and an average kilocalories intake of 3300 in relation to the 2200 of the developing world. 200 years ago Malthus expressed his fears that world population would surpass food supply and there would be mass famine, although this is not the case he is somewhat right with, famine still present in most of Africa. Even though there is enough food for everyone in the world although there are two major problems with massive food surplus in the USA and Europe and shortages in LEDC's the area I have studied is the Sahel region in Africa, over 900 million people are affect

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