FARE 1300 Lecture Notes - Natural Disaster, Phytophthora Infestans, Environmental Protection

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Course: FARE 1300
• Professor: Julio Mendoza

Document Summary

Undernourishment pertains to a lack of sufficient nutrients minerals, vitamins, proteins, calories and general nutritional energy inputs in order to sustain an active, functioning body. 13% of the world s population suffers from malnutrition. Starvation implies long-term depletion and lack of energy inputs from food sources that results in the body s self-consumption of fats, muscle mass and tissues. Organs such as the kidneys, liver and endocrine system often ceases to function regularly or at all people can die from having such little energy through starvation. Famine refers to widespread hunger over populations and time. Males normally carry greater masses of natural weight, and therefore suffer less-frequently and abruptly from starvation and resulted famine than do pregnant or sick women, and significantly, infants and children. In an average day, 24 000 people die from hunger. The global response is brought on by: given to assistance. Overseas development assistance (oda) a small % of gdp actually is.