16 - Global Food Security (The Challenge of Feeding the World) Flashcards
“…the availability at all times of adequate food supplies of basic foodstuffs to sustain a steady expansion of food consumption offset fluctuations in productions and prices.”
Food Security
Who defined that “food security refers to conditions in which “all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to
sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”
1996 World Food Summit
Who defined that ‘“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2002
This is about food supply and trade, not just quantity but also the quality and diversity of food.
Availability
This covers economic and physical access to food.
Access
This is about how the body uses the various nutrients in food
Utilization
This affects a person’s health, feeding practices, food preparation, diversity of their diet and intrahousehold distribution of food
Nutrition Status
This is about being food secure at all times.
Stability
This can be transitory with short term shocks the result of a bad season, a change in employment status, conflict, or a rise in food prices.
Food Insecurity
What is the importance of Global Food Security?
It helps to enhance the productivity and consecutively the production of food.
What are the two major externalities not captured by the market that must be acknowledged?
- The impact on health
- The impact on the environment
What are the forms of malnutrition that people globally suffer from?
1.Hunger,
2.Micronutrient-deficiency
3.Overweight or obesity
This is becoming scarce in terms of the environment
Resources for Agriculture
By 2050, we will have have lost how much of our forests?
14%
By 2050, how much water will we have need?
42% more
