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Compared to many people around the world, Australians have reliable access to a wide variety of foods. High wages and a strong economy mean that many Australians can afford to buy and prepare the food they need, and rarely worry about where their next meal is coming from. In many places, however, this is not the case. Millions of people face daily shortages of food, and millions more face short-term disruptions to their food supply. These shortages and disruptions may be due to natural factors, such as drought and floods, or human factors, including war and the use of available land for other purposes. Food experts are warning that famines are likely to become more severe and widespread as the Earth’s climate crisis worsens, and the human population continues to grow. Some argue that food security is the greatest single issue facing the world today.
Source 1 These women in South Sudan are dragging sacks of grain to their village after they were dropped from a World Food Programme helicopter. They are facing food shortages because of an ongoing civil war between different tribes in the region, which has disrupted harvesting. The conflict and poor roads have made it difficult to supply food by road, so airdrops have become necessary to supply the needs of hundreds of thousands of people.
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