FOOD SHORTAGES

Food shortages lead to malnutrition and starvation. Malnutrition means under-feeding, i.e. receiving a diet lacking sufficient energy or other essentials such as vitamins or protein. Starvation means death from lack of food.
OVERCROWDING
Overcrowding leads to an increase in disease, crime, vandalism, drug-taking, etc.

COMPETITION FOR LAND
Competition for land causes increased possibilities of wars and disturbances.
DEFORESTATION
Deforestation as trees are cut down for fuel and to provide more space for agriculture leads to: [Read more...]

The number of people in the world grew steadily from about 6000 BC until about 1800 AD, chiefly due to slow improvements in agriculture. In earliest times, human beings lived by hunting and gathering the available food over a large area, as the Bushmen and Inuit (Eskimos) still do in a few cases. The development of settled agriculture made larger populations possible. [Read more...]