近日在tube上看到一个视频，是日本国家农林水产部门制作的关于日本面临的日益严重的食品问题并呼吁每个日本人来积极面对这些问题的视频，深有感触。    

Food is indispensable to our survival.
But today, it is undergoing great change.
For example, let's take Tempura soba.
It's a traditional Japanese cuisine.
but 80% of the ingredients are now imported.
Currently, Japan only produces about 40% of the food it consumes.
This is the lowest among all major developed nations.
This is a result of the significant change in the Japanese people's diet.
In the past, they ate more rice, fish, and vegetables,
so their diet was nutritionally well balanced.
But nowadays they consume more meat, fat, and oil.
Lots of soy and cereal grains are needed to make feed and oil,
so they are being imported in large quantities.
And such a change in the diet has disrupted the nutritional balance,
giving way to a wide spectrum of health problems.
Furthermore, although Japan imports a lot of food,
it also disposes of more edible food than the entire world food aid.
The decrease in demand for domestic agricultural produce leads directly to the decline in agricultural productivity.
Currently, Japan is tackling issues such as aging farming population and increase in abandoned farmland.
What's more, 70% of the land in Japan is mountainous.
This means that even if all the flat land were used only for farming,
it would not be able to produce enough food within its own borders.
Japan depends on a very small number of countries for the majority of the food it imports,there fore its food supply base is quite vulnerable.
Moreover, the global food landscape is changing drastically.
First of all, the global population is growing exponentially,
and it is expected to maintain its upward trajectory in the future.
Next, there's rapid economic growth in developing countries.
The consumption of meat, fat, and oil has increased, resulting in greater demand for soy and cereal grains.
We also face energy issues.
Today, food or feed crops are being used to develop biofuels.
And lastly, we are challenged with various environmental issues.
The progression of global warming, climatic anomalies, and exhaustion of ground water are creating tougher farming conditions all around the world.
In response to such global change, the food prices are rising sharply.
So, what should be done to meet food security needs?
First, each and every one of us should start thinking about the global food situation as our own problem and reexamine our lifestyles.
For example, going back to the Japanese diet involving mainly rice and domestic agricultural produce will lead to a better nutritional balance.
And the food industry should provide what consumers seek and label them accordingly.
Moreover, farmers should efficiently use the limited agricultural resources, and offer safe and high quality produce,
which meet the needs of consumers and the food industry.
The increase in the demand for domestic agricultural produce will drive agricultural development and enliven agricultural communities.
As a result, our tables will be enriched with agricultural produce grown in our own countries.
Japan, as the world's largest net food importer, will engage in all possible efforts to contribute to stabilization of demand and supply of food in the world market through increasing its own food self-sufficiency rate.

    “国以法为纲、民以食为天”,食品是每个人每天都所必需的,是维系生命的重要渠道，同时也对保持人们身体健康起着不可替代的作用。但是，由于市场的趋利性等影响，农业这个“国之根本”的产业被人们所忽略了，人们对食品的需求也就得不到恰当的满足。

    随着经济发展，农民种田的少了（供应量减少），与人类争粮吃的多了（需求量增多），再加上金融危机导致的投机主义兴风作浪哄抬粮价，粮食问题成了一个亟待解决的危机问题。这已不仅仅局限于某一两个贫穷国家，而是全球性的问题——全球粮食危机。以下官方数据可以说明这个问题。

• 全球食品价格上涨创1845年以来最高
• 全球大米库存将至1984年以来最低
• 全球粮价可能将维持10年高价
• 世界粮食储备只够维持53天
• 粮食危机国已达33个
• 全球超过8亿人每天饿着肚子休息
• 冷战至今全球已闹5次粮荒
• 目前已有13个国家发生了粮食骚动

    一个人，如果买不起食品，没有了吃的，那将会是多么可怕的事情，其直接导致饥饿，营养不良，甚至死亡，进而影响经济发展和威胁社会稳定。粮食缺乏还将影响养殖业，食品加工业等的发展，它们都将面临缺乏原料的困境，届时人们更将面对高额食品价格生活的艰辛。

    全球粮食危机离我们并不远。虽然我国主要粮食品种能够自给自足，短期内，国内粮价不会跟随国际价格上涨，但是长期来看，近年来，随着农资价格的大幅上涨，农民的生产成本不断提高，耕种的收入不断减少，越来越多的农民选择外出打打工，致使大面积的耕地被荒废，与此同时，受建筑占用耕地以及自然灾害等因素的影响，中国的耕地面积逐年减少。导致我国国内粮食生产形势的有利条件不断减少，不利因素却在增多，粮食安全存在隐患。

    我们不仅要重视粮食供应量的问题，还要关注食品安全的问题。近年来我国频频发生问题食品，令人触目惊心。

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    为了我们的肚子，为了我们的身体健康，除了由国家行政部门出台政策保障食品供应与食品安全，完善相关法律法规外，作为普通老百姓的我们能够做些什么呢？我觉得:

• 应该了解目前的世界粮食形势，清楚自己国家的粮食情况，理智面对粮食价格上涨；
• 审视我们的饮食习惯，多吃自然食品，少吃加工食品；
• 减少对粮食的浪费，让“粒粒皆辛苦”的传统美德并不是一句空话