1. Global Food Security

2. Global Food Security ACTIVITY 1
“Is food insecurity a result of unequal distribution or a lack of production?”
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3. Global Food Security FOOD IMPORTS
Ask students what they think the following map shows prior to discussing it on the following slide.

4. Global Food Security FOOD IMPORTS
Explanation: What you see is that the more bloated countries in the northern hemisphere are net food importing countries. The countries in predominantly the southern hemisphere have shrunk, so much so that they are almost disappearing. These countries export much more than they purchase. [Net imports are imports minus exports]. See also the explanation on the sheet. Available at:

5. Global Food Security ACTIVITY 2
Plan a meal that is made up with as much locally available and in-season food as possible.
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6. Global Food Security THE INDUSTRIALISED FOOD SYSTEM
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Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

7. Global Food Security ACTIVITY 3
Invite student to research either the externalities of large-scale mechanic agriculture or the contemporary nature of food supply chains.
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8. Global Food Security
THE WATER-FOOD-ENERGY NEXUS

9. Water foot prints of various foods
Global Food Security
ACTIVITY 4
Water foot prints of various foods
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10. Global Food Security HUNGER AND FOOD POVERTY
According to the Trussell Trust 913,138 people received three days’ emergency food from Trussell Trust foodbanks in compared to 346,992 in
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11. Global Food Security ACTIVITY 5
Which type of bread is more likely to play a crucial role in feeding large groups of people?
The cost of high quality food, including organic and healthy food.
The success of mass food production
The impact of high food prices
The hidden impact (externalities) of low food prices
The politics of consumption more broadly.
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12. Global Food Security AGRO-ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
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Photo: Transition to Sustainable Systems. IAASTD Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Summary for Decision Makers, p. 9. IAASTD/Ketill Berger, UNEP/GRID-Arendal.

13. Local food production and agro-ecology
Global Food Security
ACTIVITY 6
Local food production and agro-ecology
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14. Global Food Security CONCLUSIONS
Food Security is an essentially contested concept
Different food production systems make different demands on the environment
Modern agriculture is heavily reliant on finite external inputs such as oil and fertiliser
Consumers play a role in structuring the food system through their food choices
The number of people experiencing hunger continues to grow, both in wealthy and poor countries.
Is the food system broken?
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