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our world is
gry
THE WORLD IS ON THE BRINK OF A
massive
food crisis
IN ONLY 15 YEARS,
WORLD POPULATION
IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE FROM
11
TO
nineBILLION
seven
BILLION
2050
THE WORLD BANK
AND THE UNITED NATIONS
PREDICT A WORLD WIDE
FOOD SHORTAGE BY YEAR
REALLY? IT DOESN’T
FEEL LIKETHERE’S A FOOD SHORTAGE…
FOOD AND CLEAN WATER
ARE SOMETHING WE
expect
NECESSITIES
BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
LACK THESE BASIC
DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
MILLION
795PEOPLE
ONE
THAT IS
IN NINE
2
3 asia
pacificLIVE IN
malnu
trition
LACK OF FOOD LEADS TO
1
disease
MALNUTRITION WORSENS
THE EFFECT OF EVERY
victims
CHILDREN ARE THE MOST VISIBLE
OF MALNOURISHMENT
3.1 million
CHILDREN
EACH YEAR, MALNUTRITION
CAUSES THE DEATH OF
feedEVERYONE?
DOES THE WORLD
PRODUCE ENOUGH
FOOD TO
question
ENOUGH FOOD
YES, THE WORLD PRODUCES
TO FEED EVERYONE.
THEN WHY IS
1
sofood scarce?
multi
layered
PROBLEM WITH
MANY FACTORS…
IT’S A
here are
factors
three
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
FOOD SHORTAGE
problems
1
farming
local
local
farmers
FACE MANY
DIFFICULTIES.
5OF THE WORLD’S POOREST
PEOPLE ARE FARMING
FAMILIES DEPENDING ON
AGRICULTURE FOR LIVELIHOOD.
PERCENT7
INCREASING CREATION OF
INEDIBLE PRODUCTS
DUE TO POOR STORAGE
FACILITIES AND PRACTICES.
food
waste
AND
50WE’VE SEEN A expansionIN RECENT YEARS IN USING
CROPS LIKE SUGAR, CORN
AND SOY TO CREATE FUELS
FOR GAS TANKS, AND THAT’S
TAKING AWAY FOOD CROPS
FROM PEOPLE AND MAKING
WHAT THERE IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
percent
-Kristin Sundell, director of policy
and campaigns for ActionAid
“
”
2 economic
social
conflict
and
IS THE PRINCIPLE CAUSE OF HUNGER.
poverty
INEQUALITY
RESOURCES AND INCOME BASED
ON MILITARY, POLITICAL,
AND ECONOMIC POWER LEADING TO VAST
IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES LIVE
ON LESS THAN
14billion
125$ A DAY.
people
violent
conflict
WERE AFFECTED BY
CONFLICT WORLDWIDE.
millionREFUGEES
172
-Center for Research on the
Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) 2012
SOMETIMES IS DETRIMENTAL TO POOR FARMERS.
food agriculture policyand
3 climate
factors
REQUIRE A SHIFT IN CROPS
AND FARMING PRACTICES.
CLIMATE
CHANGE
AND
ruinING
CAN DEVASTATE FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
entire crops
farming economic
social
conflict
and
LET’S REVIEW THOSE THREE FACTORS
CONTRIBUTING TO FOOD SCARCITY:
climate
changesproblems
problem
FOOD SCARCITY ISN’T JUST A
FOR THOSE LIVING IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES…
global
issue
IT IS A
WE SHOULDN’T
waitUNTIL IT STARTS
AFFECTING US…
AMERICAN’S WASTE
33 MILLION TONS
OF FOOD EACH YEAR.
*
action
before we take
basic
BECAUSE HAVING FOOD
AND WATER SHOULD BE A
human
right
PART OF THE
SOLUTION
THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS WE CAN BE
ABOUT THE ISSUE.
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE SITUATION WILL ALLOW
YOU TO EFFECTIVELY HELP.
educate
yourself
OF LEGISLATION THAT IS PASSED
THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE
FOOD AND TRADE LAWS
AROUND THE WORLD.
stayINFORMED
OF HOW YOU ARE
SPENDING YOUR MONEY.
beAWARE
will you wait
15 more years
?to take action
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