7. World Food Issues

Question 1

Define: Food Insecurity

Answer 1

Hunger, malnutrition

Question 2

Define: Food Supply

Answer 2

Do we produce enough? Will we be able to produce enough?

Question 3

What is food demand dependent on?

Answer 3

Population growth
Economic growth

Question 4

How can we increase food supply?

Answer 4

Land use issues
Water use issues

Question 5

What factor is hunger mainly due to?

Answer 5

Poverty

Question 6

The link between poverty and small scare farming is very strong or very weak?

Answer 6

Very strong

Question 7

How do poor people with land access survive?

Answer 7

By farming

Question 8

What is the trend of global urbanization throughout time?

Answer 8

Question 9

What are they dynamics of food demand growth?

Answer 9

With $2 per day per capita income, most people have sufficient purchasing power to escape hunger, but not to be able to consume a nutritionally balanced diet

Question 10

What happens to diet when income rises from $2-$10 per day?

Answer 10

People eat more meat, dairy products, fruits, vegetable, edible oils, causing rapid growth in raw ag commodity demand

Question 11

What happens to diet when income rises above $10 per day?

Answer 11

People buy more processing, services, packaging, variety, and luxury forms, but not more raw ag commodities

Question 12

What is the trend of undernourished people over time?

Answer 12

Question 13

Does the world produce enough food to feed everyone?

Answer 13

Yes
Enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2720 kcals per person per day

Question 14

What factors influence world food demand?

Answer 14

Population growth
Economic growth
Increased prosperity (increased food variety demand, increased meat, poultry, fruit, veggies, dairy)
Food supply increases with market demand

Question 15

What is the trend of population growth in the world?

Answer 15

Question 16

What is the projected food demand for the next 50 years?

Answer 16

World food demand could double by 2050
50% increase from world population growth
50% increase from broad-based economic growth in low income countries

Question 17

What is the trend of world per capita meat consumption?

Answer 17

Question 18

What is the trend of world per capita dairy product consumption?

Answer 18

Question 19

What is the trend of global beef and dairy cattle numbers?

Answer 19

Question 20

What is the trend of egg production numbers?

Answer 20

Question 21

What are 3 ways to increase global food?

Answer 21

Increase land area used
Increased yield per acre
Decrease preharvest and postharvest loss

Question 22

How could the area of land in farm production be doubled?

Answer 22

Only by massive destruction of forests and loss of wildlife habitat, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration capacity

Question 23

What is the environmentally sustainable alternative to land destruction for farm production?

Answer 23

Increase productivity on fertile, non-erodible soils already in crop production

Question 24

How much water is used by farmers in the world?

Answer 24

70%

Question 25

What are some causes of hunger?

Answer 25

Food scarcity and overpopulation
Nature
Agribusiness (Food vs Feed)
Inadequate distribution of resources (Sociopolitical injustice)