Climate Change, Food Security, and Reduced Food Security on Developing Countries

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Discuss the Ways in Which Climate Change Affects Food Security and the Effects of Reduced Food Security on Developing Countries
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Discuss how climate change affects food security and the effects of reduced food security on developing countries
Introduction
Climate change and food security are related issues because a favourable climate provides a suitable food production environment. Climate change is the long-term shift in a region's temperatures and weather patterns (Masson-Delmotte et al., 2021). For example, the USA Florida State's average temperature may change from the prevailing tropical to dry climate. On the other hand, food security is associated with food sufficiency worldwide. The UN Committee on World Food Security defines food security as "all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life" (International Food Policy Research Institute, n.d.). People depend on food for energy to perform routine economic, social, and political tasks. A shortage of food can affect people's health and their energy negatively. The developing countries are the most affected by reduced food security because they are already struggling with insufficient resources. This paper discusses how climate change affects food security and the effects of reduced food security on developing countries. It argues that rapid climatic changes globally have reduced crop production, reducing the world's ability to produce sustainable food for a growing population, thus subjecting many regions to food insecurity. It also discusses how food insecurity has affected developing countries, which often lack food reserves to supplement food shortages.
Climate change has significantly affected crop productivity across the world. Crop production is the anchor for food security because continued and surplus production help people store for future consumption. The surplus stored can be utilized during disasters or given to nations hit by hunger calamities for being in arid and semi-arid regions where crop farming is challenging. However, climate change is affecting the status quo, and farmers worldwide have reported unpredictable weather patterns affecting their farming patterns. Ortiz-Bobea et al. (2021) reported that climate change has negatively affected the global agricultural productivity reducing it by 21% since 1961, with warmer regions like Latin America and Africa having their agricultural activity drop by between 26 and 34%. This means that the surplus food production has been reduced by the corresponding percentage, which is dangerous for food security. A World Food Program (2022) report also predicts a global hunger crisis in the near future due to the effects of climate change on global food production, and the developing countries will be the most affected population.
Disrupted crop production means food shortage for citizens in developing nations and other parts of the world. Developing nations consist of countries that mainly depend on the agricultural sector as an economic booster. A significant part of the products from ...