Global health (Agriculture and food in Nigeria) Flashcards
What is global health?
Health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, which may be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and which are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
Global Health Issues
Refers to any health issue that concerns many countries or is affected by transnational determinants
What is production?
Production is the actual producing of food and fibre, this includes all the necessary inputs for production and all the production labour.
What is production?
Production is the actual producing of food and fibre, this includes all the necessary inputs for production and all the production labour.
Products
Grains, livestock, fruit farming, chemical and fertilizers
what is processing
This involves the changing of raw natural product and converting them to useable, consumable products
examples: cotton plant to cotton material and cotton thread. oil from cotton plant etc
what is Marketing?
From the farm to wholesale to retailer to consumer. This involves packaging, distribution and sales of finished agricultural products to retailers and to the consumers.
What are the roles of agriculture in food production
Harvesting to storage and transportation of raw food to processing and manufacture to storage and transportation of processed and manufactured food to wholesale and retail distribution to food service sector
Agric science in the implied field
applied science then horticulture then animal science then agronomy then agricultural mechanization then irrigation then Agric economy then aquaculture then integrated pest management
what is food security according to FAO
Food security exist when all people at all times have both physical and economic access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for a active and healthy life.
How can food security be achieved
1) Ensure adequacy in food supplies in terms of quality, quantity and variety of food.
2) optimizing stability in the flow of food supply.
3) secure sustainable access of available supply food by all who need them.
Nutrition and nutritional status
Nutrition is the science that explains the role of food and nutrients in our body during growth, development and maintenance of life.
Determinants of nutritional security
international level: international NGO’s: FAO, UDAID, CAFOD
national level: structural and institutional conditions, areas for public action
Local level: market condition
Micro level conditions ( household, intra household and gender)
Agricultural growth
Agriculture is more important for Africa than any other continent. 80% of the continents poor live in rural areas
Food security in Africa
Crop and animal production, fisheries and forestry activities are direct sources of food and provide income with which to buy food
