Food Security

Question 1

What 3 pillars is food security based on?

Answer 1

1. Food availability: consistently having enough food
2. Food access: having the resources to get appropriate foods for healthy diet
3. Food use: appropriate use based on knowledge of nutrition and care; adequate water and sanitation

Question 2

World Food Summit of _____ defined food safety as _______

Answer 2

1996; “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”

Question 3

What is the WTO? What did they propose about agricultural agreements?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is Feed the Future?

Answer 4

President Obama’s initiative to reduce global hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition

Question 5

What is the poverty threshold?

Answer 5

$1.25 a day

Question 6

Nearly ____ people suffer from chronic hunger

Answer 6

800 million

Question 7

In 2050, the world’s population will be increased by more than ___ billion.

Answer 7

9

Question 8

Ensuring that everyone has enough nutritious food to eat will require at least a ____ percent increase in agricultural production without adversely affecting the environment.

Answer 8

60

Question 9

President ______ called upon global leaders at the ______ (year) ___________ Summit

Answer 9

Obama; 2009; G-8 L’Aquila

Question 10

Donors from the L’Aquila Summit donated $__________

Answer 10

22 billion

Question 11

How many countries does Feed the Future support?

Answer 11

19

Question 12

GAFSP, which stands for _________, was established in _____

Answer 12

Global Agriculture and Food Security Program; 2010

Question 13

In _____ (year,) President Obama, African leaders and other G-8 members announced the ____________ to expand private sector investment in agriculture and nutriton

Answer 13

2012; New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

Question 14

In ______, the United States and ______ announced ________ to support internat’l partners in making agriculturally and nutritionally relevant data available for global public use

Answer 14

2013; the United Kingdom; Global Open Data Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition

Question 15

What does OCHA stand for?

Answer 15

Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs

Question 16

What is the mVAM?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What is FAO?

Answer 17

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Question 18

What is a CFSVA? How long does it last?

Answer 18

Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis; valid for 5 years

Question 19

What is JAM?

Answer 19

Joint Assessment Missions; conducted w/ UNHCR to understand food and nutrition situation of refugees

Question 20

What is CFSAM?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What is an EFSA?

Answer 21

Emergency Food Security Assessment; following a disaster or shock; basis for relief; surveys geographical area for impact

Question 22

What is the MD?

Answer 22

2000; Millennium Declaration to halve hunger from 1990-2015

Question 23

What is the CFS?

Answer 23

Committee of Food Security

Question 24

What are FBS? What do they look at?

Answer 24

Food Balance Sheets; look at:

• the domestic supply of food
• the domestic food utilization
• the food supply available for human consumption

Question 25

DES is derived from Food Balance Sheets

Answer 25

Dietary Energy Supply; used for estimating the prevalence of undernourishmen

Question 26

FAO Hunger Map; what countries have 35% or more?

Answer 26

Namibia, Zambia, Central African Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Question 27

North America has a _______ percentage of hunger

Answer 27

very low;

Question 28

Central America has a ________ percentage of hunger (except ______); another region that has this is ____________

Answer 28

moderately high; 15-24.9%; except Costa Rica; China

Question 29

_________, ________, ________, and ________ all have very low hunger

Answer 29

Europe, Russia, Australia, and lower South American countries (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) Venezuela, too

Question 30

What are the 5 Steps in that article a/b world hunger?

Answer 30

1. Freeze agriculture’s footprint
2. Grow more on existing farms
3. Use resources more efficiently
4. Shift diets
5. Reduce waste (one of the most effective if addressed)

Question 31

How much of the world’s crop calories feed people directly? Where do the rest go?

Answer 31

55%; the rest are fed to livestock (36%,) or turned into biofuels and industrial products (9%)

Question 32

_____% of world calories and _____ % of food weight are lost or wasted before they can be consumed

Answer 32

25; 50

Question 33

If all 5 steps are implemented, it could _____ the world’s food population

Answer 33

double

Question 34

What countries in East Africa have food security issues?

Answer 34

South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Burundi, and Djibouti

Question 35

Describe causes of food insecurity in South Sudan

Answer 35

conflict and insecurity affected planting last year

Question 36

Describe causes of food insecurity in Burundi

Answer 36

increased violence led to population displacement

Question 37

Describe causes of food insecurity in Djibouti

Answer 37

inadequate pasture regeneration

Question 38

Describe causes of food insecurity in Ethiopia

Answer 38

early season dryness caused rainfall deficits that damaged crop production

Question 39

What countries in West Africa have food security issues?

Answer 39

Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Cote D’Ivoire

Question 40

What countries in Southern Africa have food security issues?

Answer 40

Botswana, Lesotho,

Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique

Question 41

_____ is the second biggest exportable maize

producer in the region

Answer 41

Zambia

Question 42

What countries in Latin American and Caribbean have food security issues?

Answer 42

Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador

Question 43

What countries in the Middle East and Central Asia have food security issues?

Answer 43

Ukraine, Libya, Kyrgyzstan