FUTURE OF FOOD - KEY IDEAS AND CASE STUDIES
Capacity building: - -- Capacity building refers to the ability of communities, countries and global
institutions to build a resilient food system
What threats exist:
- Climate - Globalisation - Conflicts - Overpopulation
- Technology - Land availability - Natural disasters - Corruption
TNCs + NGOs - Power influence Top-down projects
-Definition of food security - -Has to be safe, nutritious, and sufficient amounts of food, which for some
people do not have the same access as other people.
Food has to have stable economic access and be of a safe quality
-Desertification - -"An environmental degradation process created as a result of the influence of
excessive human activities"
Human activities:
- Deforestation - Over cultivation of land - Increased water demand - Climate change
- Droughts and loss of land are the main reasons why people migrate from drylands to other areas
- Droughts and desertification threaten the livelihoods and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in
110 countries
- There is a correlation between areas where desertification is an issue and areas that experience hunger
-FOF all case studies: - -Food insecurity case study - India
Drylands case study - Sahel region
Arctic food security
Kenya vs USA food security case study
Cuba vs UK case study
-Food aid - -Benefits:
- The biggest strength is the fact that food aid saves lives
- Gives country self-sustainable development that can help them grow to be more self-sufficient in the
future
- Food aid is completely necessary in the short-term to help countries in the long-term
Drawbacks:
- Costs - is very expensive and might not be able to produced or implemented everywhere that is is
needed to be
- Countries do lack independence in the short-term, as many heavily rely on all these programs for their
people to survive
-Food production and waste - -1. Planting
2. Harvesting
3. Factory production
4. Transport to retailer
5. Display in shops/ markets to buy
, All areas of the system can be affected by:
- Temperature - Light - Water - Air - Soil
Throwing good food away costs the average UK family £730 per year
£16bn in UK of food waste per year
-Food security on a global scale - P1: - -Trade:
+ Access to wider markets + Smaller countries trade globally
- Inequalities between countries - Disparity within countries
Aid:
+ Allows smaller countries help + Allows growth & rebuild
- Inequalities with countries receiving aid - Places within
Agribusinesses:
+ Range of products + Can go globally and internationally
- Often bought by TNCs - Only sold globally - does not help
-Food security on a global scale - P2: - -Food retailers:
+ Spread food throughout country + Often bring fresh produce
- Will not be everywhere - Often a foreign TNC investing
TNCs:
+ Brings business to a country + Brings job oppurtunities
- Takes the money out of the country
Technology:
+ Allows country to expand + LIDCs are more connected
- Expensive - Not everyone has the same access
-Globalisation issues: - Food miles - P2 - -Food miles
- Expansion of people, technology and demand
Constant transportation of foods has negative impacts on carbon cycle, constant harvesting and
transportation emits CO2 and methane
Destruction of land to clear for farming, e.g. trees etc
Inequalities between TNCs and small suppliers
- Global value chain describes the people and activities involved in the production of a good or service
and its supply chain
- TNCs favour large scale intensive growers over small scale producers - as they are more reliable, as
have more money
-Globalisation issues: Disease - P4 - -Facing a "double burden of disease"
Many low and middle income
Capacity building: - -- Capacity building refers to the ability of communities, countries and global
institutions to build a resilient food system
What threats exist:
- Climate - Globalisation - Conflicts - Overpopulation
- Technology - Land availability - Natural disasters - Corruption
TNCs + NGOs - Power influence Top-down projects
-Definition of food security - -Has to be safe, nutritious, and sufficient amounts of food, which for some
people do not have the same access as other people.
Food has to have stable economic access and be of a safe quality
-Desertification - -"An environmental degradation process created as a result of the influence of
excessive human activities"
Human activities:
- Deforestation - Over cultivation of land - Increased water demand - Climate change
- Droughts and loss of land are the main reasons why people migrate from drylands to other areas
- Droughts and desertification threaten the livelihoods and well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in
110 countries
- There is a correlation between areas where desertification is an issue and areas that experience hunger
-FOF all case studies: - -Food insecurity case study - India
Drylands case study - Sahel region
Arctic food security
Kenya vs USA food security case study
Cuba vs UK case study
-Food aid - -Benefits:
- The biggest strength is the fact that food aid saves lives
- Gives country self-sustainable development that can help them grow to be more self-sufficient in the
future
- Food aid is completely necessary in the short-term to help countries in the long-term
Drawbacks:
- Costs - is very expensive and might not be able to produced or implemented everywhere that is is
needed to be
- Countries do lack independence in the short-term, as many heavily rely on all these programs for their
people to survive
-Food production and waste - -1. Planting
2. Harvesting
3. Factory production
4. Transport to retailer
5. Display in shops/ markets to buy
, All areas of the system can be affected by:
- Temperature - Light - Water - Air - Soil
Throwing good food away costs the average UK family £730 per year
£16bn in UK of food waste per year
-Food security on a global scale - P1: - -Trade:
+ Access to wider markets + Smaller countries trade globally
- Inequalities between countries - Disparity within countries
Aid:
+ Allows smaller countries help + Allows growth & rebuild
- Inequalities with countries receiving aid - Places within
Agribusinesses:
+ Range of products + Can go globally and internationally
- Often bought by TNCs - Only sold globally - does not help
-Food security on a global scale - P2: - -Food retailers:
+ Spread food throughout country + Often bring fresh produce
- Will not be everywhere - Often a foreign TNC investing
TNCs:
+ Brings business to a country + Brings job oppurtunities
- Takes the money out of the country
Technology:
+ Allows country to expand + LIDCs are more connected
- Expensive - Not everyone has the same access
-Globalisation issues: - Food miles - P2 - -Food miles
- Expansion of people, technology and demand
Constant transportation of foods has negative impacts on carbon cycle, constant harvesting and
transportation emits CO2 and methane
Destruction of land to clear for farming, e.g. trees etc
Inequalities between TNCs and small suppliers
- Global value chain describes the people and activities involved in the production of a good or service
and its supply chain
- TNCs favour large scale intensive growers over small scale producers - as they are more reliable, as
have more money
-Globalisation issues: Disease - P4 - -Facing a "double burden of disease"
Many low and middle income
