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Global Issue Rising food prices. Heeryung Winston. Objectives – thinking pyramid. How. Why. What. What is going on?. Source: http://www.globalsherpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/FAO-food-price-index-1990-to-2011.jpg.
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Global IssueRising food prices Heeryung Winston
Objectives – thinking pyramid How Why What
What is going on? Source: http://www.globalsherpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/FAO-food-price-index-1990-to-2011.jpg Source: http://aciar.gov.au/files/node/8549/FAO%20food%20price%20index.jpg
Why is this happening? • Rising oil and energy prices Source http://slacc.org.uk/articles/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Oil_Food.png
Bio-fuels Source: http://www.desoybeans.org/soybiodiesel/myfarmmyfuel.gif Source: http://www.michellehenry.fr/biofuel.gif
Data Source: http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m564/Kalpa2/chartsKalpaBigPictureAgriculture/todo54-30.jpg
Natural Disasters Major food production countries (wheat, corn…etc) • China • United States of America • India • Australia • Brazil
2011 – Drought in China Sources: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01290/drought2_1290281c.jpg http://www.freakyweather.com/files/gray-water-1.jpg http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4e3ff91d69bedde610000024/texas-drought.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/3/25/1269531918046/Severe-drought-grips-Sout-001.jpg
2011 – Drought in southern USA Sources: http://www.carbonfund.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/d1.jpg http://www.internetmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/drought330.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2257979541_0b3dd239a4.jpg
2011 – Drought in India Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/world_0forgotten0_disasters/img/2.jpg http://www.freakyweather.com/files/images/India%20Drought.jpg http://www.anirudhsethireport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/India-drought.jpg
2011 – Flood in Australia Sources: http://dtrtministries.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/australia-flooding-2011-1-4-19-11-0.jpg http://content.video.news.com.au/NDM_CP_-_Reuters/631/396/2011-01-10t150308z_1_love70915t7mu_rtrmadp_baseimage-960x540_australia-flood-update-o.jpg
2011 – Flood in Brazil Sources: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/05/18/world/18brazil.span.600.jpg http://flashnewstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brazil_flood.jpg http://www.ethnicnewz.org/files/imagecache/Display_Primary/files/images/FLOOD%20Santa%20Catarina%20BRAZIL%20(for%20EthnicNEWz.org).jpg
Increasing demand from China and India Source: http://content.edgar-online.com/edgar_conv_img/2011/01/25/0001104659-11-002855_G45481MMI050.GIF
Philippines Source: http://www.networkideas.org/news/mar2011/Chart3.jpg
Philippines Source: http://www.gfmer.ch/Books/bookmp/205.ht91.jpg
United States U.S. Consumer Price Index CPI Past Trend Present Value & Future Projection Source: http://savecapitalism.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/us-food-prices-1.png?w=566&h=414
In 2009, 43.6 million people (14.3 percent) were in food insecure Source: http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx
So… • Why is this a global issue? Source: http://pickaway.osu.edu/topics/agriculture-and-natural-resources/news/penn-state-ag-economist-says-rising-food-prices-not-the-farmers-fault/image
What can we do about it? • Government • International Organizations
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