eBooks
Global Food Crisis by
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.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2011
Food insecurity and Waste by
Australia is a prosperous country, yet there remains a sizeable portion of the population who lack a regular supply of nutritious and affordable food, either going hungry or relying on assistance from charities and food banks. In the past year alone, more than four million Australians have been in a situation where they have run out of food and have been unable to buy more. Conversely, we also waste a lot of food right through the supply chain; the cost of food waste to the national economy is a staggering $20 billion each year.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2019
The Climate Change Crisis by
This book presents the latest findings and projections, and examines what Australia and the rest of the world is doing to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. How much of global warming and extreme weather is human-induced? As we continue to weigh up the costs of action in relation to the risks, is it time to ask: are we leaving it too late to effectively tackle climate change?
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2014
Food for a Greener Planet What You Can Do by
Thinking green when it comes to food involves making eating choices that benefit the earth, other people, and our own health. Author Lisa A. Wroble explores the issue of sustainable food: using more natural methods to raise and produce food products and attacking the problem of world hunger as well.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2010
Managing Australia's Water by
A recent Productivity Commission report found Australia's blueprint for water reform, the National Water Initiative, is not fit for the challenges of climate change and our growing population. How can Australia achieve greater progress in water reform and improve the allocation of water resources through fairer water trading and rights and new infrastructure projects, as well as preserve the Murray-Darling Basin for food security.
Call Number: eBOOkPublication Date: 2022
Videos
Food Security in Australia [3:40 mins] (Click on image to watch video)
How much food does Australia produce, and what does this mean for food security in Australia? Watch this clip to find out about the factors that influence food production and crop yields, and also about the role that science and technology play. How will future population growth affect global food production and security?
SOURCE: ABC News (2021), Food security in Australia, posted on ABC Education, https://www.abc.net.au/education/abc-news-food-security-in-australia/13623242
Climate Change & Food Security | Explained
Food security refers to the state of having constant access to a nutritious and reliable food supply. This can only be achieved once food is available for a person, they can access it and also use it appropriately. Although it may seem easy to achieve this, 1 in 8 people around the world suffer from food insecurity and are malnourished. One of the major challenges the world is experiencing relating to food security today is climate change.
Global Food Security [4:27 mins]
Video (narrated by Matt Damon) that illustrates the problem of global food security.
SOURCE: Raju Agarwal, (2012), Global Food Security, posted on Youtube, https://youtu.be/8vnYwvYxO6g
Agriculture and Food Security [2:07 mins.]
SOURCE: World Economic Forum (2016), Agriculture and Food Security, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/krU01hlCdxo
Impact Story: Global Food Security
Our wide-ranging research into animal, plant and microbial genomics helps us improve breeding, withstand disease and enhance yields for future generations.
SOURCE: Earlham Institute, (2016) Impact Story: Global Food Security, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/Bye-XjYGOzM
The State of Food security and nutrition in the world 2021 [3:04 mins]
This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2021), The State of Food security and nutrition in the world 2021, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/bjN4t9fWza0
Climate Change : The Phillipines
Follow Marie and Roberto to explore the impacts of climate change on food security for people living in developing countries, like The Philippines.
The Hidden Costs of Turning Food into Fuel
Worldwide biofuel production has increased, with the main source being corn-based ethanol. This has driven up corn prices in the U.S. (a large producer) and created problems for countries that heavily rely on U.S. corn imports, such as Mexico. In 2007, tortilla prices soared 70 percent in that country, and riots broke out. Eventually the government stepped in to control costs, but similar situations could arise in the coming years as we increasingly turn to food as a source of fuel.
Boko Haram conflict threatens food security in Nigeria
Despite recent success for Nigerian troops in the fight against Boko Haram militants, the conflict in northeastern Nigeria is threatening the ability of local farmers to grow enough crops to feed their families, even in areas that have been liberated.
Websites
- Global Issues: Food Security 842 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. This number has fallen by 17% since 1990.
- The Global Food Security Index The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) considers the issues of food affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience across a set of 113 countries. Data updated annually.
- Food and Human Wellbeing [World Vision] It explores the challenges of food security, including land and water degradation, soils, competing land uses and climate change. These resources look at two very different Indonesian islands, Bali and Sumba.
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