Food Security Flashcards
What 3 pillars is food security based on?
- Food availability: consistently having enough food
- Food access: having the resources to get appropriate foods for healthy diet
- Food use: appropriate use based on knowledge of nutrition and care; adequate water and sanitation
World Food Summit of _____ defined food safety as _______
1996; “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”
What is the WTO? What did they propose about agricultural agreements?
World Trade Organization proposed that developing countries put tariffs to protect nat’l food security and employment; agricultural big in developing countries; trade liberalization can be harmful
What is Feed the Future?
President Obama’s initiative to reduce global hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition
What is the poverty threshold?
$1.25 a day
Nearly ____ people suffer from chronic hunger
800 million
In 2050, the world’s population will be increased by more than ___ billion.
9
Ensuring that everyone has enough nutritious food to eat will require at least a ____ percent increase in agricultural production without adversely affecting the environment.
60
President ______ called upon global leaders at the ______ (year) ___________ Summit
Obama; 2009; G-8 L’Aquila
Donors from the L’Aquila Summit donated $__________
22 billion
How many countries does Feed the Future support?
19
GAFSP, which stands for _________, was established in _____
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program; 2010
In _____ (year,) President Obama, African leaders and other G-8 members announced the ____________ to expand private sector investment in agriculture and nutriton
2012; New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
In ______, the United States and ______ announced ________ to support internat’l partners in making agriculturally and nutritionally relevant data available for global public use
2013; the United Kingdom; Global Open Data Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition
What does OCHA stand for?
Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs
What is the mVAM?
Mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping; uses live voice calls, SMS and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) calls technology to collect real-time, operationally relevant and gender disaggregated household, nutrition and market-related food security information
What is FAO?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
What is a CFSVA? How long does it last?
Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis; valid for 5 years
What is JAM?
Joint Assessment Missions; conducted w/ UNHCR to understand food and nutrition situation of refugees
What is CFSAM?
Crop and Food Security Missions; conducted with FAO; usually for emergencies related to agricultural production or overall food availability problems; w/gov’t request; analyzes supply and demand and houses food access
What is an EFSA?
Emergency Food Security Assessment; following a disaster or shock; basis for relief; surveys geographical area for impact
What is the MD?
2000; Millennium Declaration to halve hunger from 1990-2015
What is the CFS?
Committee of Food Security
What are FBS? What do they look at?
Food Balance Sheets; look at:
- the domestic supply of food
- the domestic food utilization
- the food supply available for human consumption
DES is derived from Food Balance Sheets
Dietary Energy Supply; used for estimating the prevalence of undernourishmen
FAO Hunger Map; what countries have 35% or more?
Namibia, Zambia, Central African Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
North America has a _______ percentage of hunger
very low;
Central America has a ________ percentage of hunger (except ______); another region that has this is ____________
moderately high; 15-24.9%; except Costa Rica; China
_________, ________, ________, and ________ all have very low hunger
Europe, Russia, Australia, and lower South American countries (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) Venezuela, too
What are the 5 Steps in that article a/b world hunger?
- Freeze agriculture’s footprint
- Grow more on existing farms
- Use resources more efficiently
- Shift diets
- Reduce waste (one of the most effective if addressed)
How much of the world’s crop calories feed people directly? Where do the rest go?
55%; the rest are fed to livestock (36%,) or turned into biofuels and industrial products (9%)
_____% of world calories and _____ % of food weight are lost or wasted before they can be consumed
25; 50
If all 5 steps are implemented, it could _____ the world’s food population
double
What countries in East Africa have food security issues?
South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Burundi, and Djibouti
Describe causes of food insecurity in South Sudan
conflict and insecurity affected planting last year
Describe causes of food insecurity in Burundi
increased violence led to population displacement
Describe causes of food insecurity in Djibouti
inadequate pasture regeneration
Describe causes of food insecurity in Ethiopia
early season dryness caused rainfall deficits that damaged crop production
What countries in West Africa have food security issues?
Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Cote D’Ivoire
What countries in Southern Africa have food security issues?
Botswana, Lesotho,
Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique
_____ is the second biggest exportable maize
producer in the region
Zambia
What countries in Latin American and Caribbean have food security issues?
Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
What countries in the Middle East and Central Asia have food security issues?
Ukraine, Libya, Kyrgyzstan
