Lecture 9: Food Security (Exam 3) Flashcards
What does food security mean
Having a reliable source of food & sufficient resources to purchase it
What conditions must be fulfilled to ensure food security
- Availability
- Access
- Stability
- Utilization
How did COVID affect food prices
- Caused an increase in food prices
- The price of pork in China increased by 116%
What percent did global food prices rise from Jan 2020 to Jan 2021
20%
How much are food prices expected to rise in 2025
2%
What did the Committee on World Food Security ID as the most common cause of transitory food insecurity
Conflict
What does food availability relate to
The supply of food through production, distribution, & exchange
What do a majority of undernourished people suffer from
A lack of access not from a lack of food availability
What does access to food require
- Income to buy food
- The means to barter for it
- Produce it themselves
- OR Provided as an aid package
What is food stability
The ability to obtain food over time
What are the 3 different types of food insecurity
- Transitory
- Seasonal
- Chronic
What is food utilization
The metabolism of food by indiv
What factors contribute to food insecurity
- Population growth & urbanization
- Political instability & conflict
- Poverty
- Climate change, weather, water, & arable land availability
What are the animal protein trends showing
- Strong pos relationship btw/ the level of income & the consumption of animal protein
- Livestock products remain a desired food for nutritional value & taste
- Continuous increase in the metric tons of livestock meat being produced
What % accounts for livestocks impact on agricultural gross domestic products (GDP)
40%
Describe how livestock has an impact
- Employs 1.3 billion people
- Creates livelihood for 1 billion of the world’s poor
- Provides 1/3 of humanity’s protein intake
- Contributing cause of obesity & potential remedy for malnourishment
What is the second most common cause of transitory food insecurity
Weather related probs
Describe poverty-livestock-zoonosis
- There is a relationship btw/ poverty & zoonosis (rise & fall together)
- Many of the poorest have little access to portable water & live in close setting w/ livestock
What dimensions of food security will climate change affect
All four dimensions
What % of global calories is b/c of livestock
12.9
What % of protein is b/c of livestock
27.9%
T/F: Many people are still deficient in the nutrients that can be provided by animal source foods
True
Describe animal protein
- Complete & nutrient dense
- Important for the high quality protein & bio-ava micronutrients they contain
Who in particular needs animal protein
- Children
- Preg/lactating women
