How technology can help to solve flood problems:Technology can help to solve the problem of food shortages by increasing the rate of production of food. It increases the rate by manufacturing machines to aid the farmers in their daily farming processes (e.g. a tractor for harvesting crops) or by inventing a new farming technology to revolutionize the traditional farming methods. An example of this would be the invention of genetic engineering. The particular technology has helped to increase the rate of production at a shorter time, and therefore increasing the output by almost 300%. As the population is now increasing at a fast and alarming rate, we therefore have to think of ways to increase the outputs at a shorter time. Traditional agriculture methods take up too much land as compared to high technological farming methods and also produce fewer outputs at a slower rate. Judging by this, we can clearly see how technology can increase the outputs and a much faster rate and this means that the extra food could be given to third world countries that are experiencing food shortages.