Analysis Of A Five Step Plan To Feed The World

Millions of people around the world are suffering from starvation and this issue is only going to grow worse in the future. Studies show that by 2050, the amount of crops normally used for food production will double due to the rapidly increasing population. This situation is very difficult because with population increase, the amount of people who are currently starving will also increase. Jonathan Foley published an article in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic explaining this situation by breaking down a system that will ultimately allow us to feed our growing population equally. In “A Five-Step Plan to Feed the World,” the author successfully suggests different ways to fix the ongoing food shortage through the repeated use of different

One aspect of logos that the author uses is statistics. Using statistics helps strengthen an argument considering the majority of people want information to be supported by numbers or survey results in order for them to believe it. Each step in this article describes different ways humans have caused destruction on earth and how we may be able to fix it in order to produce and save more food. Step four of this plan states that “only 55 percent of the world’s crop calories feed people directly.” By giving this information, the reader will automatically wonder why all of the crops are not used for human consumption. This paragraph further explains how 36 percent of crops are fed to livestock, along with the other 9 percent which is used for biofuels. With this information one is able to come to the conclusion that more of the crops grown on earth need to be put towards human consumption to reduce the large amounts of starvation around the world. In addition to the fact that only 55 percent of crop calories feed the human population, step five of this article states that 50 percent of harvested crops are frequently disposed of even before consumption. With this large amount of waste, it will be almost impossible to reduce starvation because increased crop production to make up for the excess food will just increase the amount of waste even more. From this it is evident that the author wants the readers to realise how much humans are wasting in order for them want to adjust their