links between future of food + global governance Flashcards
strong positive links
UN millennium goals 2000-15 -> improve food security
FAO’s project Green Wall Sahel, trying to reverse desertification (wall of trees), funded by world bank $6 bill
organisations eg EU, NAFTA + ASEAN set up trading of food to make it easier on global scale
EU, 70% of Common Agriculture Policy was spent on food + farming
strong negative links
ukraine 2022 = failure of global gov to mitigate as they had food insecurity, prices increased 40%, food shortages in Kiev, UN, NATO, EU doing little
TNC’s affecting food security in Tonga, by introducing fast food outlets, 70% overweight + diabetes
weaker links
food security may not be high on global gov agenda eg death, human rights, eduction etc may be more important
future of food more determined by threats from climate change eg heat waves + drought, pop. growth + countries individual response to their own challenges eg Aral Sea
