Problem
Disadvantages of improved food production in developing countries
Other Names:
Counterproductive mechanized food production technologiesDrawbacks of excess food production
Incidence:
[Developing countries] In most developing countries where the majority of the population is in the agricultural sector, excessive food production may be nearly as economically disruptive as food shortages, especially when such expensive inputs as fertilizers, fuel and equipment are part of production costs to be repaid from output sales. Mechanization for increased production, therefore, may not always be a desirable or appropriate policy target. In many developing countries, a lack of on-farm facilities for post-harvesting and handling of crops, coupled with limited economic channels of crop disposal, may form a critical bottleneck that has the effect of neutralizing all benefits due from mechanized tillage and/or crop protection investments.
Broader Problems:
Economic underdevelopmentAgricultural overproductionInappropriate modernization of agriculture Narrower Problems:
Introduction of high-yield crop varietiesAdverse effects of high-yield grain in traditional agricultural settings Related Problems:
Gap in agricultural technology among countries Aggravates:
Inadequate packaging of food productsDeterioration of staple food productionUnderuse of high productivity methods of agricultural management Reduced By:
Limited farm mechanizationStagnated development of agricultural production
Underuse of high productivity methods of agricultural management
Strategies:
Reviewing food processing industryIncreasing food production to reduce rural povertyMechanizing food production technologiesImproving food production in developing countries Subject(s):
Amenities → Food??Industry → Production??
Technology → Technology ??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
25.10.2017 – 21:24 CEST