Physics homework help
Physics homework help. Everything should be based on reading 15 and 16 and the PowerPoints. Please don’t use any other outside sources!
Reading 15- file attached
Reading 16- the FAO report http://www.fao.org/state-of-food-security-nutrition/en/
Powerpoint- Geopolitics and food security
Question for reading 15
1. What recent change in food commodities reserves and pricing is described in this article?
2. How is the current situation with food commodities different than the second half of the 20th century?
3. In what areas of the world are the chronically hungry and malnourished likely to live?
4. Describe the impact of chronic hunger on child development.
5.What are the sources of grain demand growth?
6.Identify the threats to production, the factors that impact yield, described in this article.
Question for reading 16
1. Click on the link for SDG Indicator 2.1.1 and view the graph (also in Figure 1) What year is the nadir (low point)? Why has the problem worsened?
2. Distinguish between moderate and severe food insecurity.
3. What are the forms of malnutrition? (this question might need to be answer with 3-4 sentences include answering the questions below. It is a big question…)
-What types of malnutrition in childhood increase risk for overweight later in life?
-Which continents bear the greatest share of all forms of malnutrition?
-include, and explain a bit about the term dual-burden household
4. How do economic slowdowns and downturns impact food security? Note specific connections, including health care and conflict.
5.What does it mean for a country to have high commodity dependence? How does commodity dependence impact food security?
Question for Food Security and Food Sovereignty (base on the PowerPoint and reading 16)
1. Do we have enough food to feed the world’s population?
-discuss a bit about how rampant food insecurity is and how prevalent obesity)
-I think we have more than enough food to feed the world population
2. Describe the role of economic slow down in food insecurity (include specific connections to inequality and conflict) And what short-term and long-term solutions does the UN recommend in this report?
-Return to reading 16: http://www.fao.org/state-of-food-security-nutrition/en/
-Scroll down to Nexus between economic growth, poverty, and food security and nutrition