Food resources impact of inadequate food consumption

Question 1

malnutrition

Answer 1

• —> lack of nutrients
• —> unable to maintain healthy tissues and organs
• —> causes death or health problems

Question 2

malnutrition examples

Answer 2

• —> Democratic Republic of the Congo
• —> 75% ppl suffer from malnutrition
• —> according to food and agriculture organisation (FAO)

Question 3

starvation

Answer 3

• —> it is the state of extreme hunger from a severe lack of food
• —> body becomes skeletally thin
• —> organs permanently damaged

Question 4

starvation examples

Answer 4

• —> Mali
• —> 2012
• —> 5 million threatened with starvation due to poor harvest and civil rebellion
• —> FAO estimates that 98% ppl facing starvation can be found in LDCs

Question 5

economic problems

Answer 5

• —> lower productivity

- —> higher public expenditures

Question 6

health problems

Answer 6

• —> malnutrition

- —> starvation

Question 7

lower productivity

Answer 7

• —> workers have imbalanced amounts of nutrients
• —> fall sick more often
• —> lower productivity
• —> lower income

Question 8

lower productivity examples

Answer 8

• —> report by international food policy research institute (IFPRI)
• —> countries like India
• —> low levels of nutrition intake was associated with low levels of productivity
• —> poor health caused by malnutrition
• —> farmers are less innovative, less experimental

Question 9

higher public health expenditures

Answer 9

slows down country’s economic growth and development

more money spent on healthcare, less money spent on other areas like transport and housing

Question 10

political impact: social unrest

Answer 10

• —> inadequate food causes wars/social unrest

- —> ppl protest/behave violently to communicate their unhappiness abt a political situation

Question 11

social unrest eg

Answer 11

• —> 2010
• —> Mozambique
• —> food prices increased by 30%
• —> caused by drought in Russia
• —> increase the price of wheat sold in Mozambique
• —> violent protests
• —> many injured

Question 12

scavenging

Answer 12

• —> searching through things ppl throw away
• —> causes health risks
• —> high levels of bacteria and chemicals

Question 13

scavenging eg

Answer 13

• —> manila, Philippines
• —> landfill known as ‘smokey mountain’
• —> many set up their makeshift homes near the dumps to have easy and quick assess to waste
• —> make their living by picking through the landfill rubbish