IE 270 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture II. Global Food SecurityIII. Thomas MalthusIV. 3 parts to the problem of global food securityV. A sustainable Global Food SupplyOutline of Current Lecture VI. The 2 big trends we have observed in the last 50 yearsA. Demand SideB. Supply SideVII. A virtuous cycleVIII.Global Accomplishments IX. Global PlayersX. Food Security relevant to HolocaustCurrent LectureThe two big trends we have observed in the last 50 years:1. On the Demand side: Fertility does not increase, but rather decreases, when restraints oflimited food supply are removed. Why?- Choices, especially of women, to pursue an education and career- Decisions of families to focus on QUALITY of nurture of fewer children, rather than quantity of children2. On the Supply side: Enormous increases in creation and use of KNOWLEDGE have led to significant advances in agricultural PRODUCITIVITYA virtuous cycle: Knowledge yields productivity; productivity yields knowledge. Productivity Gains in agriculture:- Using the same amount of resources and less labor- Getting higher food output- Process of releasing labor from food production- IN 1800’s 75-80% of the population worked in agricultureGlobal AccomplishmentsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Cereal production and yields nearly doubled- Done on same amount of land- Cereal prices fell by nearly half- Rate of population growth is falling- Average income rose- Less scarcity meant greater relative abundancy of foodThe Global Players- The World Bank—founded in 1944, Headquarters are in Washington D.C.- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)—Division of the U.S. State department, $2.2 billion budget- The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)—founded in 1971, Global partnership for funding & conducting research- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)—founded in 1943, headquarters located in Rome, UN focused on Food Security- Land Grant Universities like CSU—Founded in 1860’s & 70’s, helped to spark “The Green Revolution” in the 1960’sFood Security is Still a Silent Holocaust—(Reading Falcon & Naylor, 2005)- As many as 35 ongoing international and civil wars kill 1 million people annually - Death from hunger kills 5 to 8 million people annually- Food deaths outnumber war deaths 5 to
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