Increasing Food Consumption
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 6.2.2
Why is Food Demand Increasing?
A growing global population and economic development are the 2 main reasons that food demand is increasing.
Rising global population
- The global population was 2.6 billion people in 1950.
- The global population was 6.1 billion people in 2000.
- The global population was 7.8 billion people in 2020.
- The world contains 5.2 billion more people than 70 years ago.
- The global population is expected to be 9.8 billion by 2050.
Economic development
- As countries become more developed, people's incomes rises and their preferences change.
- Richer people have more money to spend on food and people are more likely to demand expensive, high-quality food.
- In the UK, food is already imported to create an all-year-round season. Soon, all countries might demand this.
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