Global Food Security

Global Food Security

ACTIVITY 1

“Is food insecurity a result of unequal distribution or a lack

of production?”
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FOOD IMPORTS
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FOOD IMPORTS
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ACTIVITY 2

Plan a meal that is made up with as much locally available

and in-season food as possible.
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THE INDUSTRIALISED FOOD SYSTEM

Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

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ACTIVITY 3

Invite student to research either the externalities of large-

scale mechanic agriculture or the contemporary nature of
food supply chains.
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THE WATER-FOOD-ENERGY NEXUS

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ACTIVITY 4

Water foot prints of various foods

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HUNGER AND FOOD POVERTY

According to the Trussell Trust 913,138 people received three
days’ emergency food from Trussell Trust foodbanks in 2013-14
compared to 346,992 in 2012-13
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ACTIVITY 5

Which type of bread is more likely to play a crucial role in

feeding large groups of people?

• The cost of high quality food, including organic and healthy food.
• The success of mass food production
• The impact of high food prices
• The hidden impact (externalities) of low food prices
• The politics of consumption more broadly.
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AGRO-ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

Photo: Transition to Sustainable Systems. IAASTD Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) Summary for Decision Makers, p. 9. IAASTD/Ketill Berger, UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
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ACTIVITY 6

Local food production and agro-ecology

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CONCLUSIONS

• Food Security is an essentially contested concept

• Different food production systems make different
demands on the environment
• Modern agriculture is heavily reliant on finite external
inputs such as oil and fertiliser
• Consumers play a role in structuring the food system
through their food choices
• The number of people experiencing hunger continues
to grow, both in wealthy and poor countries.

• Is the food system broken?