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World Food and Society
Chapter 1
Introduction
Hunger Quiz
Take a Quiz!
Turn on the Slide Show feature of Power Point to take the quiz, then it will give you a chance to answer the questions before the answers appear.
I would encourage you to write down your answers before they are given to you.
There are no points for this quiz (of course)!
How many children does the United Nations estimate die every day from causes related to hunger and poverty? a) 25-50 b) 250-500 c) 2,500-5,000 d) 25,000-50,000
2. People are hungry because there is not enough food for
everybody on our planet. a) True b) False
3. People in places such as Africa and India are hungry because
they do not know how to grow their own food. a) True b) False
4. If the United States sent more food to hungry countries hunger
could be eliminated. a) True b) False
5. Hunger is not a problem in a powerful, wealthy country such as
the United States. a) True b) False
Take a Quiz!
6. Which area of the world has the most hungry people? a) South America b) Africa c) Asia and the Pacific d) North America
7. Which area of the world has the highest percentage of their
population that is hungry? a) South America b) Africa c) Asia and the Pacific d) North America
8. About how many Americans are at risk of hunger? a) Almost zero b) 37 million c) 57 million d) 77 million
9. If a person works for the minimum wage full time (40 hours/week), how much per year would he or she make? a) $15,080 b) $22,440 c) $24,100 d) $28,450
10. Children are most at risk to suffer from hunger. Which group is second? a) college students
b) elderly
c) pregnant and lactating mothers
d) no difference, all the other groups are equally at risk
11. Which group is third?
a) college students
b) elderly
c) pregnant and lactating mothers
d) no difference, all the other groups are equally at risk
What Is Hunger?
A profound, debilitating, painful
human experience that keeps us
from working productively, from
thinking clearly, from resisting
disease and sickness, and can
ultimately kill us.
Where are the people experiencing undernutrition?
World HUNGER Map:
Equatorial Population Centers
50% of the World’s hunger would be gone
if hunger was ended in the following 5 countries:
India
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Pakistan
Nigeria
Nearly 33% of the
world’s hungry live
in India
What Does Hunger Feel Like?
TRY IT!
Go without food for one day (24 hours)!
In fact, this is an assignment! Go without any food for 24 hours. You may drink water, but nothing else.
I want you to write a ½-page paper about your experience and turn it in sometime before Spring Break (Week 9). There is a Drop Box in Week 9 for you to submit the assignment.
Exemptions:
1) If you are pregnant (DO NOT FAST)
(Guys, I will not accept this as an excuse from you )
2) If there is a medical reason you should not fast, then do not do it
If you are exempt, then tell me. Instead, prepare simple meals and do not eat more than is needed for 24 hours.
True or False? People Are Hungry Because There Are Too Many People On Our Planet! There are simply too many mouths to feed?
The World Food Problem
Are people hungry
because the world
doesn’t produce enough food?
Those with plenty accumulate more, while those who have little keep getting less. Why?
If the world’s total food supply were divided evenly among the world’s people, each person would have more than the minimum amount needed for survival.
In the United States, 40% to 50%
of all food ready for harvest
NEVER GETS EATEN!
Are People Hungry Because There Are Too Many People On Our Planet? Is the real issue OVERPOPULATION?
1804 – First Time Population Hit One Billion Alive
1927 – Two Billion Alive
1960 – Three Billion Alive
1975 – Four Billion Alive
1999 – Six Billion Alive
About 2012 – Seven Billion Alive
Peak Growth Rate
was 2.19% in 1963
Currently it is 1.15%
In 2020 it will be 1.00%
In 2050 it will be 0.50%
Population Growth
Slows As People
Become More
Prosperous
United Nations Predicts Stabilized Population
About The Year 2200
At Just Over 10 Billion Living People
World Agriculture CAN ALREADY
Feed That Many People
Go Here to View Current U.S. & World Population
http:// www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Or, go Here to View Current World Population Clock
http ://math.berkeley.edu/~galen/popclk.html
Which is correct?
Remember these are estimates
How Many People Have Ever Lived?
Assuming Start At 50,000 BC, Then About 106 Billion Have Lived, So 6% Of All People Who Have Ever Lived Are Alive Today!
Many Issues Suggest That Having 10 Billion Living People Is A BAD Problem, But Lack Of Food Is Not One Of Those Issues
What Is “Carrying Capacity”?
Carrying capacity refers to the number
of individuals who can be supported
in a given area within natural resource
limits, and without degrading the natural,
social, cultural and economic
environment for present
and future generations.
What do you think the carrying capacity of the earth is?
What Is “Carrying Capacity”?
Often a site by site issue.
Have you put too many mice in the same cage?
Ecologists define 'carrying capacity‘
as the population of a given species
that can be supported indefinitely in a
defined habitat without permanently
damaging the ecosystem upon
which it is dependent.
John B. Calhoun
Read this page:
http:// ihuanedo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-cultural-influence-of-john
What is the “Habitat of People”?
Were These
Based On
The Studies
By Calhoun?
Even as the population has
been increasing faster than
ever, the amount of food
produced per person has
increased even faster.
There is more food
available per person today
than there was 25 years ago
Hunger is not a “food supply” problem
We have enough food!
Hunger is not an overpopulation problem
We can produce enough food for many
more people.
(HUG A FARMER!)
Yet 12.5% of all Americans under the age
of 13 will go to bed hungry tonight.
Globally, 6 million children will die this year from malnutrition (one every 5 seconds).
WHY? WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
Hunger is
a POVERTY problem
The poor go hungry
because they cannot
afford to buy food,
or they cannot
produce enough
food for themselves.
13% to 17% of the World’s
population (800 million people)
suffer from chronic hunger
“Food Distributes To Money”
Map of World Poverty
Hunger Map
Poverty Map
Is there a correlation?
In some cases food may actually be present
but it is so expensive
that only the wealthy can afford it.
What Is Hunger?
Under-nutrition
A Form Of Malnutrition
- Linked to Poverty, among
many other contributing
factors
Some people argue that the #1 problem of the poor in the USA is what?
Obesity
How can that be?
In 2006, Professor Popkin, University of North Carolina,
told the International Association of Agricultural
Economists the number of overweight people had
topped one billion (of which 300 million are obese),
compared with 800 million undernourished. He added
this transition from a starving world to an obese one
was accelerating.
So, what has changed since 2006?
MALNUTRITION can be
UNDERnutrition
or
OVERnutrition
Over-nutrition (Too Much Food Eaten)
- High-Income Countries, or high-income
people in low-income countries
- - obesity, diabetes, hypertension,
atherosclerosis
Under-nutrition (Not Enough Food Eaten)
- Low-Income Countries, or low-income
people in high-income countries
Also Secondary Malnutrition
- Caused by Disease
Types of Undernutrition?
Acute Under-nutrition
- Happens Fast, Like Famines
- - often caused by natural disasters
- - often caused by people
Chronic Under-nutrition
- Secondary Malnutrition
- Micronutrient Malnutrition
- Protein-Calorie Malnutrition
- Usually Caused By or Linked To Poverty
More Details From Chapter 3
Chronic Under-nutrition
May be due to inadequate calories,
protein, or nutrients such as iron,
vitamin A, or iodine.
Our major concern is about inadequate
quantity of food or calories.
Chronic Under-nutrition
1/6th of the world’s population
suffers from chronic hunger
(800 million people)
(1 BILLION people)
12-18 million people die
EVERY YEAR from causes
related to inadequate
food
(35,000 per day)
Most at risk are
infants and preschool children,
and pregnant and nursing women
2007 Top-10 Billionaires
ARE THESE PEOPLE THE PROBLEM?
Set up
nutrition intervention programs
targeting newborns, infants,
and pregnant and nursing
mothers
Initial Strategy – Treat Symptoms
This Strategy is:
“Feed The Hungry Today”
Long Term Strategy – Treat Causes
Increase the purchasing power
of the poor by raising their incomes
and/or lowering the price of food
Increase the quantity of food
offered for sale
This Strategy is:
“End hunger tomorrow”
Strategy Requirements:
Increase agricultural productivity
Increase employment opportunities
Increase access to land
Reduce birthrates
Make policy changes
Wealthier Nations Gave A Worldwide Total of over $101 Billion
To Third World Countries
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Is Major Development Assistance Agency Of The U.S.
Showing latest available data (2012).
# 1 United States: $23,530,000,000.00
# 2 United Kingdom: $12,460,000,000.00
# 3 France: $10,600,000,000.00
# 4 Germany: $10,440,000,000.00
# 5 Japan: $7,500,000,000.00
# 6 Netherlands: $5,452,000,000.00
# 7 Sweden: $3,955,000,000.00
# 8 Canada: $3,900,000,000.00
# 9 Spain: $3,814,000,000.00
# 10 Italy: $3,641,000,000.00
Total: $101,634,300,000.00
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_eco_aid_don-economy-economic-aid-donor
Factors Influencing
Food Supply and Demand
The 4 P’s
Population
Prosperity
Pollution or Environmental Quality
Productivity
What About…
Politics, Policy, etc. etc.
