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GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS

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GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS

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9781921507465

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Description: Currently, a billion undernourished people experience hunger on a regular basis. Global food production will have to rise 70 per cent by 2050 as the world population expands to 9.1 billion from 6.8 billion people. Recent global food prices have been the highest on record, exceeding 2008 levels that sparked deadly riots across the world. Causal factors include population growth, climate change and weather-related crop problems, diminishing water supplies, oil prices and diversion of food crops to biofuel production, damaging farming practices, and land shortages. Is an ongoing world food crisis inevitable? What is Australia’s role in global food security and how are we managing our own domestic food challenges in relation to environmental sustainability, rising food prices and declining productivity?
Chapter 1: Global hunger and food supply
Chapter 2: Australia’s food security.

Worksheets and activities; Glossary; Fast facts; Web links; Index
Fast Facts

An estimated 854 million people experience hunger on a regular basis.
The global food crisis disproportionately affects the poor in developing countries who spend 60% to 80% of their income on food.
World food prices have roughly doubled over the past 3 years, but between April 2007 and April 2008 alone they increased by 85%.