International Environmental Action Australia And Guinea

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON- ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AUSTRALIA AND GUINEA FOOD SCARCITY IN GUINEA: Guinea is regarded as one of the poorest countries when compared to other countries. The main reason of the food scarcity in Guinea is the lack of agricultural productivity. The reason for low agricultural productivity in Guinea is the farmers in Guinea have a very limited access to the information, development in the technological aspects, infrastructures and lack of awareness about the financial and rural services provided by the government. The literacy in Guinea is very low, that is only 15% of adult women are literate, hence the lack of education among the women in rural areas reduces the ability to access agricultural extension services, and†¦show more content†¦Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms and long periods of drought also cause food scarcity in Guinea. FOOD SCARCITY IN AUSTRALIA: The 2011-2012 ABS suggests that around 2.5 million that is around 12% of the Australians live under the poverty line. One fourth of the above mentioned 2.5 million are children, that is around 620,000 are children less than 25 years, and around 495,500 are children less than 15 years. The poverty rate of poverty in Australia has increased from 10.9% to 11.4 % since the year 2001. Over the last decade the rate of poverty has increased significantly in Australia owing to the single parent families. The rate of poverty of single parent families in Australia is around 19%. The primary reasons contributing to the scarcity of food in Australia are the beaming growth in the population of Australia, the drastic climatic changes, the sudden hike in the prices of oil and natural resources, and the shortage of land and finally the loss of the bio diversity. The other reasons that supplement the food scarcity in Australia are increase in soil degradation and decline in the fertility of the soil, rapid spreading of contaminated food due to the concepts of junk food. GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS FOR FOOD SCARCITY IN GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA: †¢ The government of Guinea has introduced several reforms to create an