Download - The issues: Pollution, poisoning soil. Water shortage, subsequent protein shortage. Desertification
Threats to global food security…
…and proposed solutions for a sustainable and secure
future.
By Garry Glanz, representative of the UNWFP
Why is there hunger?
More can be done.
The issues:
Pollution, poisoning soil. Water shortage, subsequent protein shortage.Desertification.
The solutions:
Cleaner energy for the developing world.Alterative sources of protein.Zai farming and desert revegetation.
Simple solutions:
Particulate filters on diesel tractors and alternative fuels for rural India, e.g. gas stoves, could reduce smog pollution and black carbon.
Reducing this would be a positive first step to rehabilitating a percentage of India’s dead soil.
The consequences of a global water shortage
Water shortage
Less water for crops
Less water for livestock
feed
Less water for livestock
to drink
Less meat available
Protein shortage!
The future of meat?
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Desertification of The Sahel
Overcropping
Overgrazing Slash and burn practices
The benefits of green belts:
More vegetation needed to ‘stop the desert!’
Yacouba Sawadogo…
…the man who stopped the desert.
Zai Farming:
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Water more concentrated
Thank you for your time and attention.
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