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Practice Writing: Write Essay ID: #49021 Food Demand
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The demand for food is increasing worldwide. What are the causes? What measures could the international community take to improve the situation?

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The demand for food is increasing worldwide. What are the causes? What measures could the international community take to improve the situation?
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Global demand for food is rising rapidly, creating pressure on production systems and international stability. This trend is driven by several structural factors rather than temporary shortages. While the causes are complex, aligned global action can significantly improve food security and sustainability.

One major cause is population growth combined with urbanisation. As the world population expands, especially in developing regions, more people require reliable access to calories and nutrition. At the same time, urban lifestyles often increase consumption of processed and animal-based foods, which require more land, water, and energy to produce. In addition, rising incomes in emerging economies encourage dietary shifts towards meat and dairy, intensifying demand far beyond basic subsistence needs and straining agricultural resources.

Another key cause is the impact of climate change on food supply. Extreme weather events, soil degradation, and water scarcity reduce crop yields and disrupt farming cycles. In response, the international community should invest in climate-resilient agriculture, including drought-resistant crops and efficient irrigation. Furthermore, global collaboration is needed to reduce food waste through improved storage, transport, and distribution systems, particularly in low-income countries.

In conclusion, increasing food demand results from demographic change, economic development, and environmental stress. Through aligned investment, technological innovation, and waste reduction, the international community can alleviate pressure on global food systems and enhance long-term food security.

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PTE criteria · full marks
  • Fully addresses the prompt in depth, showing full command of the argument by reformulating the issue in the writer's own words and expanding important points with specificity.
  • The argument is supported convincingly with subsidiary points and relevant examples throughout the response.
How this answer meets itThe essay clearly states that global action can improve food security and explains causes like population growth. The main idea and support are both clear. aligned global action can significantly improve food security and sustainabilitypopulation growth combined with urbanisation
PTE criteria · full marks
  • Has an effective logical structure, flows smoothly, and can be followed with ease.
  • The argument is clear and cohesive and developed systematically at length; a well-developed introduction and conclusion are present, and ideas are organised cohesively into clear, logically sequenced paragraphs.
  • Uses a variety of connective devices effectively and consistently to convey relationships between ideas.
How this answer meets itThe writer uses clear cause markers and adding words across the paragraphs. The ideas connect smoothly. One major causeAt the same time,In addition,Furthermore,In conclusion,
PTE criteria · full marks
  • A variety of expressions and vocabulary are used appropriately to formulate ideas with ease and precision throughout the response.
  • No signs of limitations restricting what can be communicated.
  • Errors in language use, if present, are rare and minor, and meaning is completely clear.
How this answer meets itThe writer builds long sentences with time and reason clauses. The meaning stays clear. As the world population expands, especially in developing regions, more people require reliable accesswhich require more land, water, and energy to produce
PTE criteria · full marks
  • Shows consistent grammatical control of complex language. Errors are rare and difficult to spot.
How this answer meets itThis complex sentence about climate change is joined correctly and reads well. The grammar is controlled. Extreme weather events, soil degradation, and water scarcity reduce crop yields and disrupt farming cycles
PTE criteria · full marks
  • Good command of a broad lexical repertoire, idiomatic expressions and collocations.
How this answer meets itThe essay uses strong academic words and pairings like climate-resilient agriculture and food security. This shows a wide word range. climate-resilient agriculturedietary shiftslong-term food security
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  • Correct spelling.
How this answer meets itWords are spelled correctly, including the British form urbanisation. Spelling is accurate. urbanisationagricultural
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  • Length is within the required 200 to 300 words.
How this answer meets itThe essay has 217 words and a clear four-paragraph shape with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
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