Food Security I

Question 1

What is food security?

Answer 1

When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life

Question 2

How much food does the world produce?

Answer 2

there was enough food in the world to feed everyone (2,870 calories and 80.4 grams of protein per day)
-but not evenly distributed

Question 3

What are the 4 elements to food security?

Answer 3

1. Availability
2. Access
3. Nutrition
4. Stability

Question 4

What does availability mean in terms of food security?

Answer 4

Producing, storing and trading food to prevent food scarcity.

Researching to improve agricultural productivity and adopting new practices that meet the demands of a growing population.

Implementing sustainable practices to preserve resources protects the future of food availability

Question 5

What does access mean in terms of food security?

Answer 5

Using a dependable source of income to buy food or having the resources to grow food.

Being near to a healthy food retailer.

Limited by unemployment, debt, environmental degradation, adverse weather and conflict.

Question 6

What does nutrition mean in terms of food security?

Answer 6

Consuming healthy foods for adequate energy and nutrient intake. Otherwise, people will suffer from nutrient deficiencies and poor health.

Choosing food that is enjoyable and is consistent with religious views and ethical values.

Question 7

What does stability mean in terms of food security?

Answer 7

Accessing adequate food and nutrition at all times of the year.

Question 8

How can productivity of production be improved by?

Answer 8

Developing new varieties of crops that grow more food

Preventing food loss to pests like insects and disease

Creating new methods of production that benefit agricultural environments

Question 9

Can you have grain loss in developed or underdeveloped countries?

Answer 9

Developed yes because 1-2% of all stored grain is lost to deterioration

Developing yes because simple storage techniques and poor management, around 20-50% of food spoils

Question 10

What are best management practices?

Answer 10

A realistic plan used to grow or process foods in a way that lessens environmental impact.
-Farmers use these best management practices to manage their resources sustainably.

Question 11

What is sustainable management?

Answer 11

ensures that the resources are not depleted and that they will be productive for future generations, while still being viable for the current generation

Question 12

What are the 4 things that relate economics and physical access to food?

Answer 12

Employment income
Resources needed to produce food
Education about healthy eating
Proximity to healthy foods

Question 13

What does finding a reliable income depend on?

Answer 13

job or business opportunities

health status

education level

Question 14

What factors cause food prices to change?

Answer 14

Extreme changes in weather and climate.

Rising input costs.

Rising energy costs.

Changes in currencies.
The trade environment.

Question 15

What do we need to produce food?

Answer 15

• natural resources that support food production, such as productive land and clean water
• credit to invest in agricultural tools that are needed for production and storage
• agricultural inputs, like seed and fertilizer, to establish crops
• livestock feed and medical supplies to support livestock
• education and training so they can learn to reach their potential
• good physical health to conduct the work
• social and political peace (no violence and conflict

Question 16

Where in a city would you find more food places/stores?

Answer 16

Higher income areas have more food places because they have more extra money to spend
-leaving lower income communities with less nutritious options and insufficient access

Question 17

What is the relationship between convenience stores and lower income household nutrition?

Answer 17

In the lower income area there is less likely to be a grocery store, so convenience stores are a go to, but contain a lot of highly processed foods with high fat and sugar content
-satisfying hunger but not nutrients

Question 18

What is chronic food security?

Answer 18

Occurs when people cannot meet basic food energy and nutritional requirements long-term

Question 19

What is seasonal food insecurity?

Answer 19

the loss of food availability and access is predictable and recurring

Question 20

What causes seasonal food insecurity?

Answer 20

Seasonal changes in precipitation (drought or flood) or temperature (cold or hot) that cause predictable fluctuations in food supply.

Fluctuation in the demand for labour. Agricultural workers who only work during the summer growing season do not always have work opportunities.

Question 21

What is transitory food insecurity?

Answer 21

occurs when the availability of food or access to food is abruptly reduced

Question 22

What causes transitory food insecurity?

Answer 22

Extreme weather events or extreme pest and disease outbreaks

Increases in food prices

Fluctuation in domestic food production, food prices, and household income

Question 23

What can poor health due to food security lead to?

Answer 23

more colds, 
anemia, 
earaches 
can cause diarrhea, which can be considered life-threatening as the body struggles to heal
diabetes, 
heart disease 
depression

Question 24

Who is food insecure?

Answer 24

People in developing countries and developed countries

Question 25

What are 3 reasons why students can be food insecure?

Answer 25

Tuition fees are costly and in Ontario they have increased by 39.9% from 2007 to 2014.18

Fulfilling educational requirements leaves little time for employment.

Difficult to find short-term employment in only the summer that pays well.

Question 26

What % of Canadian adults and children are food insecure?

Answer 26

8% of adults

5% children

Question 27

What contributes the most to food insecurity in Canada?

Answer 27

Low income,

hence lack of access

Question 28

Why do food prices increase?

Answer 28

Largely caused by decreases in the value of the Canadian dollar

Question 29

What are the 4 categories of solutions to the global food crisis?

Answer 29

Science and tech
Regulations and incentives
Equity and distribution
Local food systems

Question 30

What are some science and tech solution to the global food crisis?

Answer 30

• Improving productivity there fore efficiency
• Change the way they grow crops or change behaviour of crops
• New farm equipment

Question 31

What are some Regulations and incentives solution to the global food crisis?

Answer 31

• Better farming practices

- Give incentives

Question 32

What are some equity and distribution solutions to the global food crisis?

Answer 32

• Eating less meat
• Less food waste
• illegal to dispose of unsold food

Question 33

What are some local food systems solutions to the global food crisis?

Answer 33

-Have farms around cities incase there is a disruption

Question 34

What are the points against science and tech solutions?

Answer 34

• Too expensive, can’t afford

- wrong people favoured (big corporations)

Question 35

What are the points against regulations and incentives solutions?

Answer 35

• Government regulation that is too commanding and restrictive can stifle innovation and efficiency
• policies can add extra complications that cost the producer more money and these costs can be passed onto consumers as higher food prices
• Higher prices increase food insecurity and malnutrition for those people who cannot afford to pay more for food

Question 36

What are the points against equity and distribution solutions?

Answer 36

-can be difficult and unrealistic to tell people what to eat because consumer habits are hard to change

Question 37

What are the points against local food systems solutions?

Answer 37

• rely on large-scale farming systems spread across the world to produce enough food to feed a growing world population
• food systems are more resilient when they are supplied by a combination of local and global food production

Question 38

What are career paths in nutrition in terms of food security?

Answer 38

Nutritionists

Question 39

What are career paths in Ag production in terms of food security?

Answer 39

Irrigation tech
Pest management
Animal husbandry
Dairy production

Question 40

What are career paths in supply chain management in terms of food security?

Answer 40

Distribution
Food safety
Storage
Fridge/freezer

Question 41

What are career paths in climate change in terms of food security?

Answer 41

Researchers

Resource management