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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

. .

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)