GEOG 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Shifting Cultivation, Subsistence Agriculture, Malaria
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Food security having access at all times to adequate amounts and kinds of food needed for healthy, active lives. World grain stocks provide a measure of food security. Grain stocks are remains of grains from previous harvests which provide a cushion against poor harvests and rising costs. Stockpile in 2010 would have fed the world for only 72 days. Un says it should not be below 70 days" supply. At least 1 billion people in the world lack food for healthy, productive lives 2009 world summit on food security. Most live in rural areas of poorest developing countries. 182 million children under age 5 suffer from undernutrition world health. A type of malnutrition in which there is underconsumption of calories or nutrients that leaves the body weakened and susceptible to disease. Even if receiving enough calories, undernutrition happens if not enough essential nutrients: protein, vitamins, minerals. 2 billion people worldwide suffer from micronutrient deficiencies.
