hun
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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