Global Food Security Flashcards
(43 cards)
What is the current world population as of July 2018?
7.6 billion
What is the world population expected to reach in 2030? 2050? 2100?
- 6 billion
- 8 billion
- 2 billion
What is the US population as of July 2018?
328,054,892 (4.5%)
What 2 continents have the largest population?
Asia (4.5 B, 59.2%)
Africa (1.29 B, 15.8%)
What countries in Asia have the largest population?
China (1.42 B, 18.7%)
India (1.35 B, 17.8%)
How quickly is the population of Africa growing?
3.5%
What are the malnutrition rates in Africa?
34%
What is percent of change in the US population in 2013?
0.7%
What age is more than 50% of the population in Uganda?
< 30 years
What is needed more with the population increase in Africa?
Animal protein
Why is animal protein needed?
It is critical in human nutrition, especially in children and persons living with HIV/AIDS
What is the role of livestock in Africa?
Animal resources: a strategic pathway for poverty eradication in Africa
What enforces the role of livestock in Africa?
The African Union (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program)
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
What is a major initiative of global food security?
To eradicate hunger through food security
What is global food security funded by?
USAID “Feed the Future” Program
What are the 4 beneficiaries of Feed the Future?
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan
Also, Tanzania and Uganda
What are the drivers of the livestock movement?
Trade (economists, lawyers- WTO)
Cultural practices- marriage (social-anthropologists)
Religious practices (Horn of Africa/Middle East)
Wars, governance (political scientists)
Pastoralism (agriculturalist)
What percent of known human and animal pathogens affecting production, public health, global trade, and biosecurits are residen in Sub-Sahran Africa?
70%
What percent of known pathogens are zoonotic?
60%
What percent of emerging and re-emerging pathogens are from animals?
75%
What percent of pathogens can be used as biothreats?
80%
What is the Albertine ecosystem/region?
920 mile long western area of the East African Rift, Uganda, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania
Biodiversity hotspot
What is the animal population of the Albertine ecosystem/region?
Comprises > half of Africa’s birds
40% of Africa’s mammals
20% of its amphibians and plants
What has the Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) classified the Albertine ecosystem/region as?
One of the hot spots for emerging pandemics