hunour world is

gry

THE WORLD IS ON THE BRINK OF A

massivefood crisis

IN ONLY 15 YEARS, WORLD POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM

11TOnineBILLION

sevenBILLION

2050THE WORLD BANK AND THE UNITED NATIONS

PREDICT A WORLD WIDE FOOD SHORTAGE BY YEAR

REALLY? IT DOESN’T

FEEL LIKETHERE’S A FOOD SHORTAGE…

FOOD AND CLEAN WATERARE SOMETHING WE

expect

NECESSITIES

BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LACK THESE BASIC

DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

MILLION795PEOPLE

ONE

THAT ISIN NINE

23 asia

pacificLIVE IN

malnu trition

LACK OF FOOD LEADS TO

1

disease

MALNUTRITION WORSENS THE EFFECT OF EVERY

victimsCHILDREN ARE THE MOST VISIBLE

OF MALNOURISHMENT

3.1 millionCHILDREN

EACH YEAR, MALNUTRITION CAUSES THE DEATH OF

feedEVERYONE?

DOES THE WORLD PRODUCE ENOUGHFOOD TO

question

ENOUGH FOODYES, THE WORLD PRODUCES

TO FEED EVERYONE.

THEN WHY IS 1sofood scarce?

multilayeredPROBLEM WITH MANY FACTORS…

IT’S A

here are

factorsthree

CONTRIBUTING TO THE FOOD SHORTAGE

problems

1

farminglocal

localfarmersFACE MANYDIFFICULTIES.

5OF THE WORLD’S POOREST PEOPLE ARE FARMING FAMILIES DEPENDING ON AGRICULTURE FOR LIVELIHOOD.

PERCENT7

INCREASING CREATION OF INEDIBLE PRODUCTS

DUE TO POOR STORAGE FACILITIES AND PRACTICES.

foodwaste

AND

50WE’VE SEEN A expansion

IN RECENT YEARS IN USING CROPS LIKE SUGAR, CORN AND SOY TO CREATE FUELS FOR GAS TANKS, AND THAT’S TAKING AWAY FOOD CROPS FROM PEOPLE AND MAKING WHAT THERE IS MORE EXPENSIVE.

percent

-Kristin Sundell, director of policy and campaigns for ActionAid

“

”

2 economicsocial

conflict

and

IS THE PRINCIPLE CAUSE OF HUNGER.poverty

INEQUALITY

RESOURCES AND INCOME BASED ON MILITARY, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC POWER LEADING TO VAST

IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIVE ON LESS THAN

14billion

1 25$ A DAY.

people

violentconflict

WERE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT WORLDWIDE.

millionREFUGEES172

-Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) 2012

SOMETIMES IS DETRIMENTAL TO POOR FARMERS.food agriculture policyand

3 climatefactors

REQUIRE A SHIFT IN CROPS AND FARMING PRACTICES.

CLIMATECHANGE

AND

ruinING

CAN DEVASTATE FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES,

entire crops

farming economicsocial

conflict

and

LET’S REVIEW THOSE THREE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO FOOD SCARCITY:

climatechangesproblems

problemFOOD SCARCITY ISN’T JUST A

FOR THOSE LIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES…

global

issue

IT IS A

WE SHOULDN’T

waitUNTIL IT STARTS AFFECTING US…

AMERICAN’S WASTE33 MILLION TONSOF FOOD EACH YEAR.

*

actionbefore we take

basic

BECAUSE HAVING FOOD AND WATER SHOULD BE A

human

right

PART OF THE

SOLUTION

THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS WE CAN BE

ABOUT THE ISSUE. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION WILL ALLOW YOU TO EFFECTIVELY HELP.

educateyourself

OF LEGISLATION THAT IS PASSED THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE FOOD AND TRADE LAWS AROUND THE WORLD.

stayINFORMED

OF HOW YOU ARE SPENDING YOUR MONEY.

beAWARE

will you wait15 more years

?to take action

learn moreABOUT THE SITUATION:

WORLDHUNGER.ORGWFP.ORG

STOPHUNGERNOW.ORG

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