GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Malnutrition, International Inequality
31 Jan 2018
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Lecture 8: consequences of uneven development and issues of world hunger. Covering - can we feed the world"s population, our nutritional quality of life, world hunger, our food future. To date we have documented (measured) and considered the uneven distribution of global wealth. By just looking at where your born and the circumstances can identify a number of inequalities. World food production (since 1800s) > world population: green revolution. Green revolution - upon green rev world was flush with food. New crop strains that are more productive. High yield crops require a lot more mechanization, pesticides, and fertilizers. Conversion of new land to cultivation, and intensification of. Increased use of fertilizers and pesticides agricultural resources. Today we grow 1. 5 x as much food as we need; this could support a population of 10 billion. 800 million - 1 billion people go hungry. Concentrated in sub - saharan africa and south asia.
