Categorías: Todo - agriculture - income - environment - optimization

por Amritpal Bains - David Suzuki SS (2662) hace 4 años

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How to keep feeding the world

The global food chain faces significant challenges due to disruptions in physical distribution, processing, and closures, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Key issues include the dependency on fossil fuels in farming, which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and the use of fertilizers to enhance production.

How to keep feeding the world

How to keep feeding the world

Global Food Chain

The global food chain is holding on for now
Many closures and industries struggling with supply chain and demand for certain products
Agriculture exports
Shortages in supermarkets

Physical Distribution

Global supply chains are tightly inderdependent
Air freight is becoming difficult
Border Closures
Restriction on goods that can be exported
Long wait times for the truck industry make it hard for companies

Income and Job Loss

Non essential businesses are closed during Covid-19
Due to Covid-19, more than 50% are in risk of loosing a lot of income.
Individuals are being laid off

Examples

Truck drivers are being laid off
Since milk is perishable, it goes to waste if it is not consumed
Milk industry is struggling since demand decreased for milk

Supply Chain

Consumer Issues in the supply chain; Quarantine
Certain industries are finding new countries to resource from, this means the supply chain will change.
Optimization needs to be used in management
Processing and closures
Physical distribution is disrupted
Previous supply chain approaches aren't sufficient

Enviroment

The problem is not supply, but the supply chain.
Fossil fuels are used in farming and this contributes to greenhouse gases
Weather is a factor in harvesting crops. A drought can affect supply
Fertilizers are being used to enhance production