Exam 3: Lecture 10 - Food Security

Question 1

define food security

Answer 1

having reliable source of food and sufficient resources to purchase it

Question 2

Define the 4 conditions that must be fulfilled to ensure food security

Answer 2

Availability
access
stability
utilization

Question 3

What % did global food prices rise from january 2020 to jan 2021

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

Food prices are expected to rise ___% in 2025

Answer 4

2%

Question 5

What was the Irish potato famine from 1845 - 1852

Answer 5

• 1 million died of starvation
• 1 million immigrated
• By 1901 the population was cut in half

Question 6

The committee of World Food Security identified the conflict as the most common???

Answer 6

cause of transitory food insecurity

Question 7

What are the 4 dimensions of food security?

Answer 7

Availability
Access
Stability
Utilization

Question 8

What is defined as:

• relates to the supply of food through production, distribution, and exchange

Answer 8

Availability

Question 9

What is defined as:

• people will only be food secure if they have the ability to get it

Answer 9

Access

Question 10

The majority of undernourished people suffer from _____ of access, not from the lack of food availability

Answer 10

Lack of access

Question 11

_____ requires people to have income to buy food, the means to barter for it, produce it themselves, or it is provided as aid packages

Answer 11

Access

Question 12

What is defined as:

• refers to the ability to obtain food over time

Answer 12

Stability

Question 13

T/F: Food security can be transitory, seasonal or chronic

Answer 13

FALSE! food insecurity can be transitory, seasonal or chronic

Question 14

What is defined as:

• refers to the metabolism of food by individuals

Answer 14

Utilization

Question 15

What question must be asked when we talk about food utilization

Answer 15

is it safe, digestable, nutrient value and culturally acceptable

Question 16

What factors contribute to food insecurity

Answer 16

• Population growth and urbanization
• Political instability and conflict
• Poverty
• Climate change, weather, water and arable land availability

Question 17

Define the animal protein trend

Answer 17

There is a strong + relationship between the level of income and the consumption of animal protein, with the consumption of

Question 18

For the large majority of people in the world, particularly in developing countires, ____ products remain a desired food for nutritional value and taste

Answer 18

Livestock

Question 19

Excessive consumption of animal products in some countries and social classes can, however, lead to excessive intakes of _____

Answer 19

fat

Question 20

Is there an increase or decrease in the global meath markets from 1990 to 2030

Answer 20

huge increase

Question 21

Is there an increased or decrease when looking at the consumption of chicken and eggs from 1060 to 2040

Answer 21

increase

Question 22

Annual beef production must rise by what %

Answer 22

100%

Question 23

The livestock sector is socially and politically significant. It accounts for what % of agricultural gross domestic product (GDP)

Answer 23

40%

Question 24

Livestock impacts employs ______ people and creates livelihood for ______ of the worlds poor

Answer 24

1.3 billion
1 billion

Question 25

Livestock products provide ______ of humanitys protein intake, and are a contributing cause of obesity and a potential remedy for malnourishment

Answer 25

one-third

Question 26

The committee on world food security identified conflict as the most common cause of?

Answer 26

transitory food insecurity - followed by weather - related problems

Question 27

T/F: There is no relationship between poverty and zoonosis

Answer 27

false!! there is - many of the poorest countries have little access to portable water and live close to settings with livestock

Question 28

T/F: We've become a burden to our planet

Answer 28

true!! Resources are becoming scarece, and soon nature will no longer be able to satisfy our needs

Question 29

What did Quintus Septimus Florens from Romen Theologian say about "back to the future"

Answer 29

it was come to pass that disease, hunger, flood and war will reduce the excessively large number of the human species

Question 30

T/F: Climate change will affect only 2 dimesions of food security, namely food availability and access to food

Answer 30

FALSE!! will affect all 4 dimensions of food security - food availability - food access - Stability of food - Food utilization

Question 31

livestock contributes what % of global calories?

Answer 31

12.9%

Question 32

Livestock contributes what % of global protein

Answer 32

27.9%

Question 33

How does livestock contribute 12.9% of global calories and 27.9% of protein?

Answer 33

through provision of meat, milk, eggs and offal

Question 34

How does livestock contribute to crop production?

Answer 34

through the provision of labor, transport and manure

Question 35

Many people are still _____ in nutrients that can be provided by animal souce foods

Answer 35

deficient

Question 36

________ _______ is complete, nutrient - dense and important for the high quality protein and bio-available micronutrients they contain

Answer 36

animal protein

Question 37

It has been estimated that protein-energy malnutrition is a causative factor in ____% of the approx. 10.4 million annual deaths of children under 5 years of age

Answer 37

49% - also manifested underweight and stunting - this leads to societal and economic issues

Question 38

Chronically malnourished children are on average nearly ______% less literate than those who have a nutritious diet

Answer 38

20%

Question 39

How much money may India lose due to malnutrition by 2030?

Answer 39

$46 billion

Question 40

Claiborne County, TN accounts for what % food insecurity

Answer 40

14.4%

Question 41

What are the two primary causes of food insecurity in TN

Answer 41

1. Lower incomes / poverty 2. Lack of easy access / food deserts