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19 Cards in this Set
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How much of the worlds population is undernourished?
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half
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How much of the worlds population is overnourished?
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1 billion
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Where is the most under nourished people?
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south asia
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Where is the highest rate of under nutrition?
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africa
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What has african food production done?
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it has no increase yields per area
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What have the prices of basic staplse been doing over the past 40 years?
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declining
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What is the biggest nutrion problem in the world?
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obesity
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What was asia's green revolution?
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under fears of a large food shortage, they developed high yield crops, grain production doubled between 1970 and 1995
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Under the green revolution what happened to the poverty rate?
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went from 60 to 33
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What are the three dimensions of food security?
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availabilty, access, and utilization
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When providing relief for acute food insecurty, what needs to not happen?
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you cant wreck food markets that would undermine chances for long term food security
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How do you improve people's economic access to food?
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increase there income
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What is the main point of hunger as a poverty problem?
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ag is just as important as a source of income as a source of food
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What are some of the chalenges of improving food security in Africa?
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it is very large and diverse have 7 major staples compared to 3 in asia, there is climate change
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What are some of the political challenges of improving food security in africa?
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no political commitment, AIDS, there are 48 separate states
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What happened in the 1980's in Africa?
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There was a retreat from rural development, less focus on ag development and more on education, health and emergencies.
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How does the us compare with foreign aid to other rich countries?
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it gives proportionately less
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What are some of the potential advantages africa has?
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new tech like biotech, better governance and decentralization, and there is a new interest in Africa
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What are some hopeful signs for africas ag situation?
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there have been increases in donor commitment from different governments, and there has been better ag performance in africa.
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