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The world current produces enough food to feed 8 Billion people.
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So why are one billion people hungry?
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Global Grain Production
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Food Balance Sheet (2005) From fao.org CommodityProductionFood supply (kcal/cap/day) % food supply Million mt Needed per day/person All 2150 2761 All vegetable 228783 All animal 47417 Cereals2048128947 Starchy roots7261485 Sugars15672228 Pulses61552 Oil crops462552 Vegetable oils1242629 Vegetables865773 Fruits524833 Coffee, tea1660 Alcohol265662 Meat2582178 Eggs61331 Milk6441265 Fish133301 other 893
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Where do the grains go?
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What is happening to the world’s food supply ? A new report suggests that some 1.3 billion metric tons of food in the world is lost (on the production side of the food supply chain) or wasted (on the consumption side) each year. That's about one-third of total edibles produced for humans.
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Global Meat Consumption
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Biofuels
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Biofuels = Grain Consumption
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Food Aid, Food Security, Food Justice Give a person a fish – Sharing food Access to the pond – Global food “rules” Teach a person to fish – Improving Access to food
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distributed according to family need – based on UN’s WFP daily ration usually whole grains school feeding programs food can also be used as a wage good in food for work rations for IDPs & refugees Food Aid necessities such as water jugs, cooking pots and blankets maybe supplied by other church resources
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tools & seeds (locally appropriate) Mongolia Food Security education
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Food For Work water conservation (wells, reservoirs, irrigation) reforestation & soil conservation building or rebuilding of community infrastructure
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Food Justice MDG Food Aid Convention Right To Food Climate Change Foreign Aid Aid For Agriculture
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Russian Drought 2010
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Pakistan Flood 2010
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CFGB member response
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Pakistan Floods 2011
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2011 East Africa Famine
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Kenyan Refugee Camp
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Famine relief
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Sand Dams
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Conservation Farming
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