Gale: Global Issues in Context, Food Security

Ken C. (Canada)
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  1. mineral deficiency
    lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism
    An estimated one out of three people living in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
  2. Thomas Malthus
    an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
    More than 200 years ago, British economist Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) predicted that the world's natural resources would not be capable of providing a food supply to match population growth and that the result would be a future devastating food crisis.
  3. undernourished
    not getting adequate food
    Analysts predicted that higher food prices and a decline in funding for agricultural aid and programs will cause a substantial increase in the number of undernourished people.
  4. undernourish
    provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
    Analysts predicted that higher food prices and a decline in funding for agricultural aid and programs will cause a substantial increase in the number of undernourished people.
  5. nongovernmental organization
    an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
    At the 1996 World Food Summit, various organizations of the United Nations (UN), many countries, and nongovernmental organizations committed to the goal of enforcing the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger.
  6. food
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal
    Food security implies that food is available, accessible, and affordable in sufficient quantity and quality to maintain good health and that an individual or family can reasonably expect that enough food will be available to them in the foreseeable future.
  7. malnourished
    not being provided with adequate food or nutrients
    In Africa, though, nearly one-third of the population is malnourished, whereas in Asia the figure is lower at 16 percent.
  8. FAO
    the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
    According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global food prices rose 80 percent between 2005 and 2008, causing food crises in many parts of the world.
  9. malnourish
    provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
    In Africa, though, nearly one-third of the population is malnourished, whereas in Asia the figure is lower at 16 percent.
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization
    the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
    According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global food prices rose 80 percent between 2005 and 2008, causing food crises in many parts of the world.
  11. Malthus
    an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
    More than 200 years ago, British economist Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) predicted that the world's natural resources would not be capable of providing a food supply to match population growth and that the result would be a future devastating food crisis.
  12. malnutrition
    a state of poor nourishment
    Hunger creates a vicious circle, as malnutrition diminishes the capacity of the impoverished to work their way out of poverty and hunger.
  13. subtropical
    of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that even a minimal amount of global warming could reduce agricultural production in tropical and subtropical climates.
  14. Nobel prize
    an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
    In the twenty-first century, economists are influenced by the work of Nobel prize-winning Amartya Sen (1933–), whose research into famines led him to conclude that the problem was not food supply, but rather food distribution, which was flawed due to mismanagement, politics, and class-based inequalities.
  15. World Health Organization
    a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
    An estimated one out of three people living in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
  16. United Nations
    an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
    Food security is considered a basic human right by the United Nations.
  17. Secretary General
    a person who is a chief administrator
    At a November 2009 conference in Rome, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for a "single global vision" to tackle world hunger and for coordinated international efforts to mitigate climate change and increase food production.
  18. climate change
    a shift in the world's average weather and temperature
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that even a minimal amount of global warming could reduce agricultural production in tropical and subtropical climates.
  19. global warming
    a rise in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that even a minimal amount of global warming could reduce agricultural production in tropical and subtropical climates.
  20. nutritious
    of or providing nourishment
    At the 1996 World Food Summit, food security was said to exist "when every person has physical and economic access at all times to healthy and nutritious food in sufficient quantity to cover the needs of their daily ration and food preferences, in order to live a healthy and active life."
  21. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
    A severe six-year drought in Australia led to a shortage of rice.
  22. population growth
    increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
    More than 200 years ago, British economist Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) predicted that the world's natural resources would not be capable of providing a food supply to match population growth and that the result would be a future devastating food crisis.
  23. fertilizer
    any substance used to improve the quality of soil
    Innovations in agricultural machinery and artificial fertilizers, improved seeds, and a host of other developments expanded food production enough to accommodate the growing population.
  24. inequality
    lack of balance or similarity in status
    In the twenty-first century, economists are influenced by the work of Nobel prize-winning Amartya Sen (1933–), whose research into famines led him to conclude that the problem was not food supply, but rather food distribution, which was flawed due to mismanagement, politics, and class-based inequalities.
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