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Explain causes of food shortages in third world countries

      

Explain causes of food shortages in third world countries.

  

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John
1. Rapid growth that has outdone the available resources.

2. High poverty level hence low purchasing power.

3. Lack of technological know how to exploit the natural resources available

4. Over-dependence on the developed countries hence the dependency syndrome.

5. Poor economic policies adopted by these states

6. Poor storage facilities that leads to food spoilage

7. Frequent civil wars that divert their attention from food production

8. Natural calamities like floods that destroy large quantities of food

9. Infertile soils

10. HIV and AIDS pandemic which deprive countries of labour

11. Neglect of drought resistant crops like cassava.

12. Rural urban migration of the youth due to poverty.
johnmulu answered the question on March 11, 2017 at 06:20


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