MEDC’s vs LEDC’s food availability

 

Since the start of this month, we have been talking about food supply and food production. As we already know some of the general issues and concepts, we’ll now compare the specific situation that MEDC’s and LEDC’s are undergoing.

MEDC	LEDC
Cost of staple food is relatively cheap	Price fluctuation of staple food
Purchase make based on taste and preference	Purchases are made on nutritional need and affordability
Produce seasonality for mostly disappeared due to globalization	Political and economic agendas can affect food production
Average caloric content.   3314	Average caloric content.    2666

All of these differences put the LEDC’s as the more likely to suffer from malnutrition and undernutrition. This scenario is affected by distribution and politics.