Global Food Security Flashcards
What is the current world population as of July 2018?
7.6 billion
What is the world population expected to reach in 2030? 2050? 2100?
- 6 billion
- 8 billion
- 2 billion
What is the US population as of July 2018?
328,054,892 (4.5%)
What 2 continents have the largest population?
Asia (4.5 B, 59.2%)
Africa (1.29 B, 15.8%)
What countries in Asia have the largest population?
China (1.42 B, 18.7%)
India (1.35 B, 17.8%)
How quickly is the population of Africa growing?
3.5%
What are the malnutrition rates in Africa?
34%
What is percent of change in the US population in 2013?
0.7%
What age is more than 50% of the population in Uganda?
< 30 years
What is needed more with the population increase in Africa?
Animal protein
Why is animal protein needed?
It is critical in human nutrition, especially in children and persons living with HIV/AIDS
What is the role of livestock in Africa?
Animal resources: a strategic pathway for poverty eradication in Africa
What enforces the role of livestock in Africa?
The African Union (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program)
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
What is a major initiative of global food security?
To eradicate hunger through food security
What is global food security funded by?
USAID “Feed the Future” Program
What are the 4 beneficiaries of Feed the Future?
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan
Also, Tanzania and Uganda
What are the drivers of the livestock movement?
Trade (economists, lawyers- WTO)
Cultural practices- marriage (social-anthropologists)
Religious practices (Horn of Africa/Middle East)
Wars, governance (political scientists)
Pastoralism (agriculturalist)
What percent of known human and animal pathogens affecting production, public health, global trade, and biosecurits are residen in Sub-Sahran Africa?
70%
What percent of known pathogens are zoonotic?
60%
What percent of emerging and re-emerging pathogens are from animals?
75%
What percent of pathogens can be used as biothreats?
80%
What is the Albertine ecosystem/region?
920 mile long western area of the East African Rift, Uganda, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania
Biodiversity hotspot
What is the animal population of the Albertine ecosystem/region?
Comprises > half of Africa’s birds
40% of Africa’s mammals
20% of its amphibians and plants
What has the Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) classified the Albertine ecosystem/region as?
One of the hot spots for emerging pandemics
How many independent countries are in Africa?
54
What is the population of Ugnada?
44M
What is the land mass of Uganda?
236,040 sq km which is 1.9 x bigger than MS
What is the water mass of Uganda?
36,330 sq km (18.2%)
What are the estimated populations of livestock in Africa?
224 million cattle
447 million goats
34 million equines and camels
Where are 60% of Africa’s livestock residing?
East and Central Africa
How much do animal resources contribute to the national GDP in the ECA?
90% with Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and Kenya sharing the upper percentile of 50-90%
In Uganda, what percent is involved in agriculture?
55% GDP
80% of the population
What are the main cash commodities in many smallholder mixed farming systems of SS-Africa?
Livestock and livestock products
What contributes to more than 67% of the average household income in Uganda?
Animal resources
In what households is poverty less common?
Those that rely on livestock
What are the production systems in Africa?
Tethering Communal grazing Pastoralism Zero grazing Wildlife resources and tourism
What are the pastoral areas?
Hot and dry
Low rainfall
Migratory
What is the problem with dry arid conditions?
Lack of water and grass for livestock
What is the importance of livestock to the Karimojong?
Source of prestige, pride, and wealth
Source of food
Source of meat
What is the problem with indigenous health care and pastoral beliefs?
Conflict with modern veterinary and human medicine
Why is zoonoses a challenge in pastoral communities?
Conditions for their maintenance and spread exist
People live in close proximity with their animals
What are advisory services and information to farmers provided by NAADS?
Advisory services delivery and contract supervision
Demonstration to farmers to enhance learning of new technology
Market technology development
What are constraints of livestock production as perceived by cattle keepers in Uganda?
Wild animals Water shortage Ticks and tick-borne diseases Other diseases Squatters Lack of good pastures Lack of veterinary services Abortion
