The world is on the brink of a Massive Food Crisis. In only 15 years, world population is expected to increase from 7 billion to 9 billion...

1. hun
our world is
gry

2. THE WORLD IS ON THE BRINK OF A
massive
food crisis

3. IN ONLY 15 YEARS,
WORLD POPULATION
IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE FROM
11
TO
nineBILLION
seven
BILLION

4. 2050
THE WORLD BANK
AND THE UNITED NATIONS
PREDICT A WORLD WIDE
FOOD SHORTAGE BY YEAR

5. REALLY? IT DOESN’T
FEEL LIKETHERE’S A FOOD SHORTAGE…

6. FOOD AND CLEAN WATER
ARE SOMETHING WE
expect

7. NECESSITIES
BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
LACK THESE BASIC

8. DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
MILLION
795PEOPLE
ONE
THAT IS
IN NINE

9. 2
3 asia
pacificLIVE IN

10. malnu
trition
LACK OF FOOD LEADS TO
1

11. disease
MALNUTRITION WORSENS
THE EFFECT OF EVERY

12. victims
CHILDREN ARE THE MOST VISIBLE
OF MALNOURISHMENT

13. 3.1 million
CHILDREN
EACH YEAR, MALNUTRITION
CAUSES THE DEATH OF

14. feedEVERYONE?
DOES THE WORLD
PRODUCE ENOUGH
FOOD TO
question

15. ENOUGH FOOD
YES, THE WORLD PRODUCES
TO FEED EVERYONE.

16. THEN WHY IS
1
sofood scarce?

17. multi
layered
PROBLEM WITH
MANY FACTORS…
IT’S A

18. here are
factors
three
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
FOOD SHORTAGE

19. problems
1
farming
local

20. local
farmers
FACE MANY
DIFFICULTIES.

21. 5OF THE WORLD’S POOREST
PEOPLE ARE FARMING
FAMILIES DEPENDING ON
AGRICULTURE FOR LIVELIHOOD.
PERCENT7

22. INCREASING CREATION OF
INEDIBLE PRODUCTS

23. DUE TO POOR STORAGE
FACILITIES AND PRACTICES.
food
waste
AND

24. 50WE’VE SEEN A expansionIN RECENT YEARS IN USING
CROPS LIKE SUGAR, CORN
AND SOY TO CREATE FUELS
FOR GAS TANKS, AND THAT’S
TAKING AWAY FOOD CROPS
FROM PEOPLE AND MAKING
WHAT THERE IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
percent
-Kristin Sundell, director of policy
and campaigns for ActionAid
“
”

25. 2 economic
social
conflict
and

26. IS THE PRINCIPLE CAUSE OF HUNGER.
poverty

27. INEQUALITY
RESOURCES AND INCOME BASED
ON MILITARY, POLITICAL,
AND ECONOMIC POWER LEADING TO VAST

28. IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES LIVE
ON LESS THAN
14billion
125$ A DAY.
people

29. violent
conflict

30. WERE AFFECTED BY
CONFLICT WORLDWIDE.
millionREFUGEES
172
-Center for Research on the
Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) 2012

31. SOMETIMES IS DETRIMENTAL TO POOR FARMERS.
food agriculture policyand

32. 3 climate
factors

33. REQUIRE A SHIFT IN CROPS
AND FARMING PRACTICES.
CLIMATE
CHANGE

34. AND

36. ruinING
CAN DEVASTATE FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
entire crops

37. farming economic
social
conflict
and
LET’S REVIEW THOSE THREE FACTORS
CONTRIBUTING TO FOOD SCARCITY:
climate
changesproblems

38. problem
FOOD SCARCITY ISN’T JUST A
FOR THOSE LIVING IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES…

39. global
issue
IT IS A

40. WE SHOULDN’T
waitUNTIL IT STARTS
AFFECTING US…
AMERICAN’S WASTE
33 MILLION TONS
OF FOOD EACH YEAR.
*

41. action
before we take

42. basic
BECAUSE HAVING FOOD
AND WATER SHOULD BE A
human
right

43. PART OF THE
SOLUTION
THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS WE CAN BE

44. ABOUT THE ISSUE.
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE SITUATION WILL ALLOW
YOU TO EFFECTIVELY HELP.
educate
yourself

45. OF LEGISLATION THAT IS PASSED
THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE
FOOD AND TRADE LAWS
AROUND THE WORLD.
stayINFORMED

46. OF HOW YOU ARE
SPENDING YOUR MONEY.
beAWARE

47. will you wait
15 more years
?to take action

48. learn more
ABOUT THE SITUATION:
WORLDHUNGER.ORG
WFP.ORG
STOPHUNGERNOW.ORG
THP.ORG