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The Green Crisis
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The Green Crisis is a theory explaining the recent rise of food prices and decline in food supply. It comprises the decline of natural and man made resources, including fuel, food, water and aerable land. Many studies have shown that use of fertilizers and pesticides are destroying the land we are dependant on for food. The underground resevoirs of water farmers have been drawing upon for irrigational and watering systems are becoming depleted faster than they can regenerate. It is supposed that the Green Crisis was caused by the Green Revolution Recent Effects The 2007-2008 world food price crisis is one of the more recent effects of the Green Crisis. It was caused by firstly a surplus of foodstuffs, which led to developement of Biofuels which has exhausted the surplus. Now the demand for the corn and canola oil for Biofuel production has seen an . More and more farmers switch over to corn and canola, reducing the supply of other food types and creating more demand for them. See Also
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