world food day event oct 2011 slides

8/3/2019 World Food Day Event Oct 2011 Slides

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Stop bankers

betting on food!


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Foodp

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Food prices 1990-2011


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Selling your possessions

I had to sell everything I had just to be able to feed myselfand my four children. My last remaining cow was so wastedfrom drought and lack of food, I had to sell it for a mere 300shillings (2.50).

Consolata M Kiswili, Farmer, Makueni district, Kenya


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Giving up healthcare oreducation

Sudden increases in food prices meant that we had to

forgo medication for our various ailments.

Geoffrey Muchori and Gladys Wambui,Farmers, Kangema district, Kenya


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Malnutrition

In 2008, people in this area were suffering from malnutrition.Some people were just eating maize, which we cook as ugaliand githeri. There are no greens or proteins in these meals, somany people suffered from diseases related to malnutrition.

Phyllis Nduva,Makueni Social Forum, Makeuni district, Kenya


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Back to hunger


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Food aid costs doubled

2001 - $200 per tonne2010 - $390 per tonne


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Arent high prices good for

farmers?Arent high prices good for farmers?

Net buyers

Price volatility

Big business


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July 2010It has been a rollercoaster week for

wheat markets as crop uncertaintyand speculative activity continue todrive volatile price swings.Farmers Weekly, July 2010

Six people, including two children,are reported to have been killedduring riots in Mozambique's

capital, Maputo, over rising foodand fuel prices.BBC, September 2010


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpM9XxJ-vo4


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USA, 1800s


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USA, 1930s


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1990s


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Other factors


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Michel Barnier, European Commissionerfor the Internal Market

Speculation in basic foodstuffs is a scandal when thereare a billion starving people in the world.

We must ensure markets contribute to sustainablegrowth. I am fighting for a fairer world and I want Europeto take the lead on that."


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Does anyone else think foodspeculation is a problem?

EuropeanCommissioner, MichelBarnier

French president,Nicholas Sarkozy

UN SpecialRapporteur on the

right to food, Olivierde Schutter

Hedge fund manager,Michael Masters

Richard Branson,Virgin Group

Howard Schultz,

Starbucks Paul Polman,

Unilever

National Farmers

Union Scotland Pope Benedict XVI


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What can you do?

Write to Mark Hoban, FinancialSecretary to the Treasury to askhim to support regulation on foodspeculation

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