Global Food Security Flashcards
How can food security be improved ?
By reducing food waste, enhancing infrastructure and promoting more efficient production rates
What are the UNs 7 strategies to improve food security
- Reduce food waste + food loss
- Improving infrastructure
- Promote fair trade
- Pay attention to diversification
- Reduce the crop yield gap
- Combat climate change
- Address indirect causes of food security
What is food waste caused by ?
- inefficient preparation methods
- consumer preferences
What is food loss caused by ?
- crop failure
-incorrect storage of food
How can food waste be reduced
- use veg peelings in a soup
- wonky veg bags
How can food loss be reduced
- improve storage and packaging
- removal of sell by dates on milk
How much food production is lost annually
1/3 if food production is lost annually
How much money is lost as a consequence of food waste and food loss
$750 billion dollars a year lost due to food loss and food waste
How does improving infrastructure increase food security
Improving food security = less food loss = better food security
How does improving infrastructure increase food security
Improving food security = less food loss = better food security
How does promoting fair trade improve food security
Paying farmers a fair price for their products
Encourages cooperatives to be formed to give access to to big markets
