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Food Security Crisis - Coggle Diagram
Food Security Crisis
PRODUCTION CHALLENGES
profit driven
- want cheap labor, high yield and low cost
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water crisis
- no clean / sufficient H2O
land degradation
- infertile soil due to overexploitation
pest and diseases
- increase use of pesticides
Droughts, long dry spell
- not ideal for agriculture
flood, heavy rainfall, storms
- frequent destruction of vegetation, halts production
slow recovery from damages
displacement of population
- refugees fleeing and escaping the country
destruction of facilities
- riots, chaos, protests, armed conflicts
production and market flow disrupted
- can't spread sales therefore only the nearby can access
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What is the CRISIS?
not the lack of food, but the inability to gain access to it
most of us don't face this problem, but it's not the case for many
see notes for food production challenges, accessibility and detrimental effects diagram
FOOD SECURITY
= an idealized goal where all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle
Malnutrition
= abnormal physiological condition caused by deficiencies, excess of imbalance in energy and/or nutrients necessary for an active, healthy life.
undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity
occurs by choice in individuals that are food secure:
- too picky, don't make the effort to have a balanced and healthy diet
- excess intake of food
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FOOD INSECURITY
= inability to gain access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to live actively and healthily
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World Food Insecurity
number of acutely food-insecure people in crisis or worse across ___ countries and territories :
- their lives are in danger
- Intergrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC/CH) phase 3 or above
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THE WAY FORWARD
Food Security crisis is extremely complex, a huge part of which arises from social and economic issues:
- we need to improve our global food production to minimize it's detrimental impacts and eventually solve food insecurity
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