the long term solution to the food supply is what?

Answer 1

Reducing the Earths population to about 2 to 2.5 billion maximum.

Doug

Answer 2

reducing world population
and change all mono culture farming to sustainable farming and Aquacultures

SUSTAINABLE FARMING
the best examples on this Earth of sustainable agriculture,
are the chinampas of central Mexico ,the surviving ones(that have not been consumed by urban devellopment)have been going for more than 800 years ,that is sustainability.
the are built from the mud of the lakes and enriched with compost ,in the old days with the toilet contents of the outhouses that were on the bridges going into town,which the indians collected with a canoo.

Another example are the traced gardens of the Inca which have been going for more than a thousand years,there success is also because of the principle of using compost and their form which id a receptive concave absorb the rain waters and collect the dust from the wind (for hundreds of years and so increase in quality instead of the oposite.
in the Ukraine are also examples of ancient agriculture due to no till farming and mulching(green organic matter that is added)

in Mexico today are still examples from old Indian agricultural practises of diversity or companion planting.
where by a series of 7 or 8 species of plants are put together or one folows the other.to create biodiversity ,and utilisation of space.
Corn is planted for example ,wich is followed 4 weeks later by a bean that climbs it.
and agavi and edible cactus is on the sides to protect these plants from foraging animals and add chemicals to the soil by their secretions.and others are in between to provide groundcover

there are many forms of sustainable farming in the past,and today those who follow the principles of permaculture,no till farming,organic or sustainable farming are the new generation of agriculturists who have seen the light.

Many farmers who live with the results of their bad agricultural practises are now eager to join the ranks.
and their work cqn be seen in Vietnam,Australia,America,rare cases in Mexico,Africa,Europe.etc.

Permaculture means permanent agriculture
a concept put forward by Bill Mollisson in the 60`s
the designers manual by Bil Mollison cost about 40 dollars.
this is a complete hand book for environmental design.and is the best all round book you can get.( [e-mail])

With practical solutions for energy systems ,infratructure ,housing,
animal shelter ,water systems and sustainable agricultural practises.
With the world and it`s history as it`s source
From the chinampas of Mexico to the teraced gardens of the Andes.
From the dessert whadis to the steppes of Russia.
Covering all climatic conditions temporal, dessert, humid and dry tropics.
with chapters on soil ,Water harvesting and land design,
Earth working ,Spirals in nature,Trees and water ,utilising energy flows,
Strategy for an alternative nation

some other writers that are on the internet are
david Holmgren
Larry Santoyo
Kirk Hanson

Masanobu Fukuaka has written ,
One-Straw Revolution
The Road Back to Nature
The Natural Way of Farming
http://www.context.org/iclib/ic14/fukuok...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/masanobu_fu...

Simon Henderson
and Bill Molisson.

a representitive of the concept in USA is
Dan Hemenway at [e-mail]
[e-mail]
http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames....
http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ypc_catalo...

Answer 3

Eat more chicken. Seriously though, there is no problem with the food supply, there is plenty of food. The problem is with distribution.

Answer 4

We know how to produce food and the industrialized nations do it rather well.

Unfortunately famine and starvation exists in the world but this is more to do with politics & economics than resources & technology.

Answer 5

um food supply is just fine, the problem is getting it to everyone, there are some serious political issues there. and i must ask if mt-zion fell and bumped his/her head!? are you in a bubble, fossil fuels are NOT abundant and REALLY getting more expensive! and if we don't get better alternatives we will be out of them before we know it.

Answer 6

Well, it certainly isn't going to help by producing ethanol with our most precious resource, arable land. Especially when fossil fuels and other alternatives are cheap and plentiful.

Answer 7

Keep on farmin', yeah boys!