Post on 21-Apr-2017
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hunour world is
gry
THE WORLD IS ON THE BRINK OF A
massivefood crisis
IN ONLY 15 YEARS, WORLD POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM
11TOnineBILLION
sevenBILLION
2050THE 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 WATERARE SOMETHING WE
expect
NECESSITIES
BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LACK THESE BASIC
DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
MILLION795PEOPLE
ONE
THAT ISIN NINE
23 asia
pacificLIVE IN
malnu trition
LACK OF FOOD LEADS TO
1
disease
MALNUTRITION WORSENS THE EFFECT OF EVERY
victimsCHILDREN ARE THE MOST VISIBLE
OF MALNOURISHMENT
3.1 millionCHILDREN
EACH YEAR, MALNUTRITION CAUSES THE DEATH OF
feedEVERYONE?
DOES THE WORLD PRODUCE ENOUGHFOOD TO
question
ENOUGH FOODYES, THE WORLD PRODUCES
TO FEED EVERYONE.
THEN WHY IS 1sofood scarce?
multilayeredPROBLEM WITH MANY FACTORS…
IT’S A
here are
factorsthree
CONTRIBUTING TO THE FOOD SHORTAGE
problems
1
farminglocal
localfarmersFACE MANYDIFFICULTIES.
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.
foodwaste
AND
50WE’VE SEEN A expansion
IN 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
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2 economicsocial
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
1 25$ A DAY.
people
violentconflict
WERE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT WORLDWIDE.
millionREFUGEES172
-Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) 2012
SOMETIMES IS DETRIMENTAL TO POOR FARMERS.food agriculture policyand
3 climatefactors
REQUIRE A SHIFT IN CROPS AND FARMING PRACTICES.
CLIMATECHANGE
AND
ruinING
CAN DEVASTATE FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
entire crops
farming economicsocial
conflict
and
LET’S REVIEW THOSE THREE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO FOOD SCARCITY:
climatechangesproblems
problemFOOD 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 WASTE33 MILLION TONSOF FOOD EACH YEAR.
*
actionbefore 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.
educateyourself
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 wait15 more years
?to take action
learn moreABOUT THE SITUATION:
WORLDHUNGER.ORGWFP.ORG
STOPHUNGERNOW.ORG
THP.ORG