Managing Biological Resources & Environmental Equality “The Business of Hunger” Managing Biological Resources & Environmental Equality “The Business of Hunger” Lecture 24 Now playing: Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon “Prayer of the Children”

Goals: 1.To identify some of the relationships betweenpoverty and environmental degradation. 2.To learn how to use critical thinking in science and social issues. 1.To identify some of the relationships betweenpoverty and environmental degradation. 2.To learn how to use critical thinking in science and social issues. Websites: nitions.html Websites: nitions.html Assignment: Apply Critical thinking to Hunger issues

Ancient Byzantine Parable “A man with bread has many problems, a man without bread has only one.”

1.Why does hunger exist in a world of plenty? 2.What are the changes in world food production? 3.Is genetic diversity important for survival? A Degenerating Circle: Poverty/Environmental/Economy

Growing disparities in incomes among regions

People on the Move

Urban Growth Spurt Continues

Yield (metric tons/hectare) Wheat Yield Rice Yield Maize Yield Yields Are Up, But Growth is Slowing

Progress in Feeding the World Has Varied Widely by Region

Despite Gains, Millions Go Hungry

World Totals (million hectares) Vegetation Removal579 Overexploitation133 Overgrazing679 Agricultural Activities522 Industrial and Bioindustrial 23 Degraded Soil Means Less Food

Food Supply Increasingly Relies on Irrigation

Some people argue that it’s not a matter of too little food...

More fertilizer: More food, but more pollution too

Increasing food production What can YOU do? Aquaculture Biotechnology Adding plants to human diet Sustainable agriculture

Farmed Fish Are a Growing Share of the Global Fish Harvest

Biotechnology

Forest Loss Is Severe in the Tropics

Amazon Deforestation Remains High

Many of Earth’s Forests Have Been Cleared or Degraded

For more than half a century I have worked with the production of more and better wheat for feeding the hungry people, but wheat is merely a catalyst, a part of the picture. I am interested in the total development of human beings. Only by attacking the whole problem can we raise the standard of living for all people in all communities, so that they will be able to live decent lives. This is something we want for all people on this planet. --Dr. Norman Borlaug, ( present) 1970 Nobel Prize winner For more than half a century I have worked with the production of more and better wheat for feeding the hungry people, but wheat is merely a catalyst, a part of the picture. I am interested in the total development of human beings. Only by attacking the whole problem can we raise the standard of living for all people in all communities, so that they will be able to live decent lives. This is something we want for all people on this planet. --Dr. Norman Borlaug, ( present) 1970 Nobel Prize winner What greater human right is there than the right to eat? Senator Bob Dole ( ) What greater human right is there than the right to eat? Senator Bob Dole ( ) A man who has bread has many problems, a man without bread has only one. Byzantine Proverb A man who has bread has many problems, a man without bread has only one. Byzantine Proverb

1.Why does hunger exist in a world of plenty? 2.What are the changes in world food production? 3.Is genetic diversity important for survival? A Degenerating Circle: Poverty/Environmental/Economy