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CAUSES OF FOOD SHORTAGES (PHYSICAL (CLIMATE CHANGE (-existing farmland…

- - - - some become suitable
        
        rise in temp suitable for growing crops
        Northern USA, France, Russia, Canada, China
        up 35%
      - rise in temp unsuitable too hot growing season lengthen
        staple food producers: Brazil, India, Pakistan, Turkey, SEA
        down 50%
    - - Himalayas seasonal melting=major river basins India/China crops' irrigation
        melt by 2035
        no water during dry season=no crops
- - - - no means to produce own food, v limited income to purchase
- - - - ^ meat/dairy
        ^ grain
        
        V global food inventories, esp grain
  - - - due to ^ energy costs
        
        fuel^ =transport/machine operation^
        
        ^ food price
        
        low DI/LDCs cannot afford
        
        March 2011, ^ crude oil 10.3%
        Kazakhstan^ wheat price
        
        60% of every $1 ^ spent on food
        large proportion of income spent on food,
        compromise nutritional needs
- - - - LDCs: less infrastructure, fewer outlets
        difficult for people to access food
  - - - worsened by difficulty of access of areas