World Food Crisis

¡WO SIDES OF THE FOOD CRISIS THE Of all the issues facing the planet, few seem more urgent than the global food shortage. Sufficient food our single most vital need as living creatures - eludes the grasp of nearly 1 billion people, a problem that may worsen as population rises. KEY PART I - WANT HOWEVER, - PART 2-WASTE But even more disturbing is the other side of the food crisis coin - the incomprehensible amount of food that's wasted every year by the nations who have the most to spare. How is it possible that so much is wanted while so much is wasted? This question may be one of the defining problems of the 21st century. Want Though economic difficulties can make access to food a problem anywhere, it is in developing nations that food shortage is most widespread. 'Developing nations' are often defined as those with a gross national income of less than $4,000 per person. PART I THIS YEAR ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDERNOURISHED I BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE 900 MILLION TIN 7 800 MILLION HUMANS ON EARTH WILL BE CHRONICALLY MALNOURISHED 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 INDIA 217.05M ONE THIRD IN JUST 7 COUNTRIE CHINA 154.0M BANGLADESH 43.45M 81% CONGO 37.0M ES PAKISTAN of malnourishment occurs 35.2M in developing nations ETHIOPIA 31.5M TANZANIA 16.IM UNDERNOURISHMENT Developed Countries BY REIGION IN 2010 Near East & North Africa Latin America & the Caribbean Sub-Saharan Africa Asia and the Pacific FACTORS: Flash floods Pestilence and Water Export embargoes diseases shortages City expansion onto farmland Rising prices Increased demand Heat waves To feed everyone, the world will need to produce 70% more food by 2050 a 100% more food by 2100, when the world population is expected to hit 10 billion. 2011 2050 2100 HOWEVER Agricultural production is expected to slow 1.7% per year between 2010-2020, even though it grew by 2.6% a year between 2000-2010 CONSIDER. iHAT FOOD PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOOD PRICES WILL GLOBAL FOOD-PRICE 250 INDEX, MONTHLY DOUBLE BY 200 30% 2030, WITH CLIMATE 150 CHANGE HIGHER IN 2010 THAN THEY WERE IN 2000 ACCOUNTING FOR HALF THE INCREASE 2010 2011 Rising affluence in Asia during this same period increased demand, as well as american From the late CROP YIELD COULD DROP 1980's to 2000's, western aid for agricultural development in developing nations fell by almost 50% ethanol production. 30% & IN 2007 AND 2008, FOOD RIOTS BROKE OUT IN MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES BY THE END OFTHE CENTURY Waste ろら クらッタ 333 5 33333 But here's the twist: there is, technically, already enough food on earth to feed everyone. The problem isn't just production - it's economic inequality. And the wealthy nations that control the most food waste nearly half of it. PART 2 ONE THIRD AMERICANS WASTE MORE THAN 40% OF THEIR FOOD. of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted each year 1.3 BIĻLION TONS (OR) 2.600 burj khalifas FOOD WASTE VS FOOD LOSS FOOD WASTE HAPPENS AT THE CONSUMER LEVEL FOOD LOSS HAPPENS AT THE PRODUCTION LEVEL Total food waste and loss is split evenly between developing and industrialized nations. However, developed nations waste much more on a per capita basis. PER-CAPITA FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE E/YEAR 300 250 200 150 10 50 NORTH AFRICA, WEST& CENTRAL ASIA LATIN AMERICA EUROPE NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRIAL ASIA SUB SAHARAHN AFRICA SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA IN AVERAGE HAM IN AVERAGE IPHONE NOT JUST FOOD IS WASTED: WATER, LAND, ENERGY, LABOR, AND MONEY ALSO GO TO WASTE, AND GREENHOUSE GASES ARE PRODUCED IN MASS QUANTITIES 253its $2,200 of food wasted per year per year, per person per family EACH PERSON IN DEVELOPING NATIONS WASTES ONLY 13-24lbs E WHAT YOU CAN DO Shop often, avoid bulk buying, and freeze what you won't use right away "Use-by' expiration dates convey no Food scraps make up nearly 20% of the waste in landfills. information about safety - most food stays good enough to eat long after that date passes Compost food in the garbage. BY PUBLICHEALTHDEGREE.COM REFERENCE http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/science/earth/05harvest.html?pagewanted-l http://online.wsj.com/article/SBI0001424052702303936704576397660484076084.html http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/from-farm-to-fridge-to-garbage-can/ http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/il1683e/i1683e.pdf www.fao.c www.mint.com/blog/trends/why-americans-throw-away-a-quarter-of-the-food-they-buy/ http://www.wastedfood.com/about/ http://www.good.is/post/two-charts-explaining-how-you-waste-food/ /news/story/en/item/74192/icode/