HUMAN SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES IN THE FUTURE                                                                                                   2 
 
Human Survival Techniques in the Future 
 
  The increased shortage of food, water, and clean air has left jaws dropping. A recent report 
by the Food and Agriculture Organization show that approximately 44 million people are currently 
experiencing food shortages (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2015, p. 11). This looming crisis 
has been attributed to the relentless population increase to a point which is inconsistent with the 
environment’s carrying capacity. It has gotten to a point where the amount of resources needed to 
sustain the people, surpasses the available resources. The increased population has led to the 
destruction of forests, wetlands and other natural resources in a bid to create room for human 
settlement.  It has been projected that by 2050, human beings will require 100 percent more of the 
earth’s fisheries, croplands, and forest cover (Fujise & Ishikawa, 2013, p. 13). Human beings are, 
therefore, expected to formulate new techniques of survival both in the near and far future. 
  Virtually,  human  beings  need  to  produce  more  crop  yields.  Over  time,  farmers  have 
overlooked  the  scientifically-proven  methods  of  increasing  crop  production.  These  methods 
include intensified pest and disease control as well as soil fertilization measures. It is high time 
that human beings put more land into agricultural use (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2015, 
p. 25). This includes productive and sterile lands. Sterile land is an unproductive land which has 
fragile soils. Human beings should inaugurate numerous irrigation schemes on these weak soils to 
enhance the cultivation of crops. More so, they should reclaim neglected pieces of land. These 
land fragments should be used to establish fisheries and increase the forest cover. Equally, farmers 
should adopt the newly invented scientific methods of controlling pests and diseases. In addition 
to  that,  they  should  embark  on  using  fertilizers  and  manure  to  improve  the  soil  fertility. 
Consequently, there would be an unceasing supply of food in the future.