THE GEOPOLITICS OF

FOOD SUPPLYObjectives

• To understand the concept of Geopolitics

• To understand and consider how Geopolitics affects food

supply• To consider the merits of free

trade and food security

ON A WORLD MAP PLOT THE MAIN GEOGRAPHIC WORLD FLOWS OF FOOD – PAGE 205

What governs and controls these flows?

THINK OF EXAMPLES OF GEOPOLITICS AROUND THE DEFINITION – ONE MUST BE ABOUT FOOD SUPPLY

Geopolitics – the way in which geography, demography, economics and the distribution of resources interrelate with the politics of nations and the relationships between nations

SOME THINGS THAT COUNT AS GEOPOLITICS

Wars Neighbours Sanctions Trading blocks Trading regulations and laws

FREE TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY Look again at pages 207 to 2091. How do the globalisation and free

trade of food stuffs work in theory?2. What is protectionism and how does it

affect free trade and globalisation?3. Who are the World Trade Organisation

and what role do they play in the Geopolitics of food production? (www.wto.org)

4. Complete the table on the Millennium Development Goals

5. How does Food security fit into these goals?

EVALUATION OF THE MDGSMillennium Development Goal

What is being done How it links to food supply and security

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

"Looking ahead to 2015 and beyond, there is no question that we can achieve the overarching goal: we can put an end to poverty. In almost all instances, experience has demonstrated the validity of earlier agreements on the way forward; in other words, we know what to do. But it requires an unswerving, collective, long-term effort." United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

THE DOLLAR A DAY DRESS Whilst watching the DVD record The places under study How the global trade system affects the

rich and the poor How food and agricultural supply are

affected by the global trade and geopolitical system

The impacts upon – MEDCs, LEDCs and individuals

REVIEW List all of the groups who could possibly

affect global food supply. Rank the importance of those groups in

terms of their impact upon the supply of food.