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OBJECTIVES
1.To
identify
regions
currently
affected
by
food
shortages
2.Todiscussglobaltrendsandregionalvariationsinhungerandmalnutrition
3.Tosummarizeideasaboutcausesofworldfood roblem
4. Toidentifypossiblesolutionstoworldfoodproblem
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Famine?
Hunger
FoodSecurity , ,
sufficient,safeandnutritiousfoodtomeettheirdietaryneedsandfood
preferencesforanactiveandhealthylife(FAO,1999)
Amartya Sen foodentitlementandaccesstoenoughfoodforahealthylifestyle
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FoodcrisisloomsinEastAfricahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa
Morethan
14
million
people
in
theHornofAfricaneedfoodaidbecauseofdroughtandrocketing
Ethiopia:4.6m
need
emergency
food
support.
foodandfuelprices,theUnitedNationshaswarned
.
Somalia:2.6mfacingacutefoodshortages could
riseto3.5mbyendof2008
TheUNWorldFoodProgramme
saysiturgentlyneeds$400m
(200m)topreventstarvationin
Kenya:1.2mneedurgentfoodsupplies
Uganda:707,000indireneedoffood
t eeast
A rican
region
.
Djibouti:80,000facingacutefoodshortages
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www.worldhunger.orgwww.bread.org
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www.fao.org
2.TVNEWSANDDOCUMENTARIES
www.bbc.co.uk
3.TEXTBOOKS,MAGAZINES,ETC
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BurmaM anmar
CycloneNargis
May2008
Satelliteimagesshow
areaflooded
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Haiti 2008 FoodriotsinAprilbringdownthe
Government
Multipleimpactsofhurricanes
andtropicalstorms
ustav,Hanna ,I e
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Malnutrition badnourishment
protein
energy
malnutrition
(PEM) micronutrientdeficiency(vitaminandmineral)
o e s y
Mostlethalformofhunger/malnutrition
Lackofcaloriesandprotein
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Whatisthemagnitudeoftheproblem? FAOestimates
u nera egroups
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NearEastandNorthAfrica
Latin Americaand
the
Caribbean EastAsia
SouthEastAsia
Countriesintransition
u a aran r ca
Developedmarket
economies
Source: FAOStateofFoodandAgriculture,2006
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35
%
25
30
15
20
0
5
10
Developingcountries
Asia and thePacific
Latin Americaand the
Caribbean
Near East andNorth Africa
Sub-SaharanAfrica
Countries intransition
Source:FAOTheStateofFoodandAgriculture,2006
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852million=numbersdecreasedby10millionsince19902 Butre ionalvariationsinthesechan es
FAOsannualStateofFoodInsecurityreports
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Since
1950 worldfoodproductionhasincreasedby100%
Butregional
disparities
and
imbalance
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Overpopulationtheories Rev.ThomasMalthus
NeoMalthusian
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DefiningcarryingcapacityIs there an absolutelimittothenumber
of
people
the
world
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War
Environmental
disasters
drought,
hurricanes Overpopulation
Poverty Keytoachievingfoodsecurityiseradicatingpoverty
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Highfoodprices
Highoilprices
Foodusedforbiofuel
Climatechange
Worldeconomic
crisis
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Solutionsdepend
on
what
the
problem
is:
Toomanypeopleinworld?
Notenoughfoodproduced?
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Increasingworldfoodproduction
Increaseamountofagriculturalland
Increasecropyields
Reducepostharvestlosses
New/alternativefood
sources
Controllingworldpopulationgrowth
Changingfood
consumption
patterns
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www.wfp.orgwww.globalissues.org
. .www.foodfirst.org
www.dieoff.orgwww.reliefweb
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, . . ,CambridgeUniversityPress,(Chapter12)
Gri D.B. 1993 TheWorldFoodProblem 2ndEdn. Blackwell 193222.
Robinson,G.
(2004)
GeographiesofAgriculture:Globalisation,
RestructuringandSustainability,Pearson/PrenticeHall(Chapter8)