Solutions for food insecurity
This is the term for having reliable access to enough safe, nutritious food.
What is food security
GMOs can be engineered to increase this, meaning farmers get more food per hectare.
One disadvantage of vertical farming is its high use of this, especially for artificial lighting.
What is electricity/energy?
This is the term for how a disease spreads from person to person.
What is public healthcare / health infrastructure?
What is epidemiology?
This solution reduces food insecurity by improving roads, storage, and refrigeration to stop food from spoiling after harvest.
What is improving food supply chains / cold storage?
Vertical farming has the advantage of using much less of this resource than traditional farming.
A common concern about GMOs is the risk of reduced biodiversity due to widespread use of this type of agriculture.
What is monoculture?
People in informal settlements often face higher disease risk due to limited access to this essential resource.
What is clean water/sanitation?
This public health strategy “flattens the curve” by reducing transmission through measures like distancing, masking, and limiting gatherings.
What is mitigation?
This approach reduces food waste by redistributing unsold food from supermarkets/restaurants to people in need.
What is food rescue/food banks?
Genetically modified crops can be designed to resist this, reducing crop losses.
In vitro meat is controversial partly because many consumers reject it due to concerns about this.
What is ethics / unnaturalness / culture (“lab-grown” stigma)?
This scientific intervention trains the immune system to recognize a pathogen before exposure.
What is a vaccination
This international organization coordinates global health responses and gives guidance during pandemics.
This is a major reason food is wasted in more economically developed countries, often leading people to throw away edible food.
What are confusing “best before” / expiration labels?
In vitro meat could reduce environmental impacts by decreasing the need for this land use process linked to deforestation.
What is cattle ranching / livestock farming?
GMOs may cause this problem if one resistant trait is used too widely, leading to stronger pests over time.
What is pest resistance (“super pests”)?
This group may be more vulnerable to disease due to barriers like discrimination, poor healthcare access, and insecure housing.
Who are socially marginalized populations?
The media can reduce pandemic impacts by spreading correct guidance, but it can also worsen pandemics by spreading this.
What is misinformation?
Vertical farming allows year-round production because conditions like light, water, and nutrients are all…
What is controlled (controlled-environment agriculture)?
A key disadvantage of vertical farming is that it struggles to produce cheap staple crops like this compared to traditional farming.
What are wheat / rice / corn? (any staple grain)
Governments sometimes prioritize economic growth over health by reducing spending on this, which worsens disease outcomes.
What is public healthcare / health infrastructure?