Essay About Rice Shortage And Regions Population Increases

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In a region the population is growing in between 1 and 2 percents annually, and is already struggling greatly to take care of the people that they have, something needs to be done before it gets any more out of hand. As it stands now the population density of East Asia is around 131 people per Km, and South Asias isnt much less. There isnt enough food to support the current population, nor is the health care system in place able to take care of the number of people now. Crime rates tend to increase as a country or regions population increases. Something needs to be done to either control the population growth in these regions or find a way to make it possible for such a large number of people to live in that region. The speed of the population growth in South and East Asia should pose a major concern to the current world. In the past there have been major problems that have resulted from rapid population growth in different parts of the world. As population increases there is a greater problem of pollution. One of the most prevalent problems that people think of when they think of population growth is a lack of food. We can also end up with not enough land to farm due to increased housing needs. These and more are large problems we will continue to face with the rapidly increasing population in South and East Asia. The main problem with the increasing population of South and East Asia is the food shortages that they are facing. When a countrys population increases, more land is taken out of agricultural production and converted into housing. This creates a problem because the country will now have to increase their imports to make up for that which they used to produce themselves. As of now 25% of children in China already dont have enough food. This lack of food is causing stunting, malnutrition, and in some cases even death. In India over 50% of children dont get enough food. It is clear that there is already a lack of food in these areas. Just this year back in April there was a rice shortage brought on by a decrease of rice being exported from Vietnam and other countries as they hold back more of their rice from the market to help satisfy the demand in their own country. With less supply of rice and increasing demand for rice in China and India the price of rice has been skyrocketing and is expected to continue going up until the end of the year. In some places a fifty pound bag of rice has gone up from 20 dollars a bag up to an unheard of 40 dollars a bag. With the price of rice doubling in the past months it is clearly going to put a strain on peoples budgets. Countries with growing populations also must