GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

Question 1

_____ was the earliest
widely traded
commodity.

Answer 1

Food

Question 2

Trade in __________ between Asia
and Europe grew
dramatically between
1500 and 1700.

Answer 2

spices, sugar, tea and
coffee

Question 3

________ started in the mid 19th century, allowing for large-scale production.

Answer 3

Mechanized agriculture

Question 4

_______ began to develop,
and countries carved out market niches
for their produce.

Answer 4

Regional specialities

Question 5

Culturally, cuisine
(cultural cuisine)

Answer 5

a way of creating identity or establishing an identity in a new land.

Question 6

Food and globalization are linked in many ways:

Answer 6

It may also be used to resist changes in identity.
▪ Food and racism: use of chopsticks, spoon
▪ Food as assertion of identity

Question 7

Politically, globalization is relevant to examining:

Answer 7

(1) where and how foods are produced and distributed,
(2) how they are regulated (FDA, import standards, etc.), and
(3) the environmental degradation that poor
agricultural practices create.

Question 8

Economically, ______ is relevant in global trade patterns, prices of food commodities, subsidies, multinational agribusiness, and so on.

Answer 8

Food

Question 9

Food Security

Answer 9

a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food

Question 10

Availability of sufficient food

Answer 10

the overall ability of the agricultural system
to meet food demand.

Question 10

Stability

Answer 10

Concerns individuals who are at high risk of temporarily or permanently losing their access

Question 11

Access

Answer 11

the ability of individuals, communities, and
countries to purchase (access) sufficient
quantities and qualities of food.

Question 12

Utilization

Answer 12

All food safety and quality aspects of nutrition; (health, sanitary conditions)

Question 13

Issues Affecting Food Security

Answer 13

(1) Philippine Agriculture
(2) Genetically Modified (GM) Food and Food Security
(3) Transforming Agri into Suburbs: Giving up Farming for Housing
(4) Farming: Getting Unattractive to Farmers’ Children

Question 14

“terminator seeds”.

Answer 14

newly-introduced commercial corn seeds are yielding high but it produces sterile seeds

Question 15

_______ affects agriculture and food
production in complex ways.

It affects food production directly through
changes in agro-ecological conditions and
indirectly by affecting growth and
distribution of incomes,

Answer 15

Climate change

Question 16

2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI)

Answer 16

presents a multidimensional measure of hunger at the global, regional, and national levels.

Question 17

Impacts on Food Production and Availability

Answer 17

(1) Higher temperatures
(2) Increased evapotranspiration and lower soil temperature
(3) Increased in atmospheric CO2
(4) Agricultural pests and pest controls
(5) Land sustainability, potential yields, and agricultural production

Question 18

Changes in climatic conditions

Answer 18

– water, and food-borne
diseases
– Food poisoning
– Water management
systems after flooding

Question 19

prices for food are:

Answer 19

expected to rise moderately in line with moderate increases of temperature (until 2050);

after 2050 and with further increases in temperatures, prices are expected to increase more substantially.
1. for some commodities (rice and sugar) prices are forecast to increase by as much as 80%