Food Security exists when all people, at all times, have
physical and economic access to sufficient, safe,
nutritious food to meet their deitary needs and food
perference for an active and healthy life. (FAO, 1996)
Eradication of hunger, food insecurity and
malnutrition
4 pillars of food
security: (WHO +FAO)
1. Food Availability: sufficient quantities of food available on a constant basis
2. Food Accessbility: sufficient resources to obtain foods for a nutritious diet
3. Food use: cultural element, population to cook & prepare food, education, clean water
4. Food Stability: lack of fear. e.g. natural/crop disaster
Food Security Targets
World Food Summit (2009)- set the target to reduce
under malnutrition under 50% by the end of 2015.
Missed- 225 millon above this target
Millenuium Declaration (MD)- set 8 goals for a world less with less poverty, hunger and disease
MDG1: Eradicate extreme poverty, hunger *Achieved
1 C. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the population of people who suffer from hunger
FAO Hunger Map 2015
About 793 million people in the world still lack sufficient food for
conduction an active and healthy life
Approx. 218 million fewer people suffer from under malnourishment than 25
years ago
73 out of 129 developing countries (57%) have reached the MDG1 hunger
target
Global Issues
Global population increase
Increase in crop yield tailing off
Pest
Food Waste- 40% crop decrease
Water usage
Climate change
Sustainability
Connected to the food system
Problems
Increasing population= more varied diet= more food/less land +
limited access to water= increase cost for fertilisers + fuel for
transport and storage
Current Situation
Increasing population
Changing diet
Competition for arable land
Global economic
crisis
Increasing food price
Increase fuel price
Food riots
Climate change and food security
Increased Co2 in
atmosphere = increase
plant yields
New land becoming suitable for farming= not too
cold to farm
Increase desertification and drought
increase insect (pest) disease
*Pace of change= hard to cope, resistance take time
Future Trends
90% of preducted population increase will occur in ELDCs
70% of global population will live in urban areas by 2050 (51% now)
Rising obesity in ELDC and EMDCs
Increase meat consumption leading to increase demands for cereals and water
The World Bank estimate that cereal production needs to increase by 50% (from 2.1
to 3 bn tonnes) and meat production by 85% (470 tonnes) between 2000 and 2030
to meet demand
80% of the necessary production increase to meet demand= increase yields and cropping intensity
Increase water demand
Negative impact of climate change
2.8 bn people currently live in area of water stress