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1st Seminar on

Global Food Crisis: Causes, Severity and Outlook

Major advisorDr. M. T. Sharma

By

Vijay B. KerabaPGS12AGR5760UAS Dharwad

Imagine a planet EARTHImagine a planet EARTH

There’s an extreme poverty

• Where >300 million of people live in hunger

A child die of hunger every 6-seconds

Where billions of people are malnourished

• Where there are riots because of “No Food”

Where millions of

people are RichWhere they enjoy

delicious, nutritious and yet tasty food

They’re overweighed

Where they waste the food

GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS

Global Food Crisis: Causes, Severity and outlook

FLOW OF PRESENTATIONFLOW OF PRESENTATION• Introduction• Food prices: Trends, drivers, outlook• Nature and underlying causes of the food crisis• Impact of food crisis• Implications for India• Future prospects and• Conclusion

CrisisCrisis .

? FoodFood CrisisCrisis . . ? ?“A food crisis occurs when rates of hunger and

malnutrition rise sharply at local, national, or global levels.

Timmer, C. (2010)

Food Security exists Food Security exists

When all people, at all times, have physical and economic access

to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food

preference for an active and healthy life.

(World Food Summit, Rome, 1996)

INTRODUCTIONHunger is a silent enemy.

World is hit by global food crisis.

Cntd....Most immediate are the urgent hunger needs in over 37 developing

countries, 20 of which are LDCs.

The global food crisis undermines one of the most fundamental human

rights – “The right to be free from hunger and malnutrition.”

The 3 billion people living on $2 or less spend between 50 - 80% on food.

– Food prices have increased by 83% in just three years.

The price increase has been observed particularly very sharp for staple food crops.

In June-Sept, 2012,» Price of maize increased by 50%» That of wheat increased by 45%» And price of soybean by 40%

GFC associates:The high food prices,

Shortages,

Reduced food consumption and

Worsened nutrition

“Rebellion of the Hungry”

From Mexico to Pakistan, food prices have doubled in three years and have sparked riots in numerous countries.

Cameroon, Africa- a strike over high fuel prices changed to protest about food prices, 20 people dead.

Egypt - at least 70 people killed, riots due to high price of bread.

Important TermsPrice Volatility: Volatility is a measure of price

variation from period (t − 1) to time period ‘t’.

Where, R - Price Volatility

Pt - Price variation at period ‘t’

P(t-1) - Price variation at period ‘t-1’

R = Pt − P(t−1 )

Food Price Index:

It is a measure of the monthly change

in international prices of a basket of food

commodities.

2008 The Year of Global Food Crisis

The Sunday Herald described the world’s food situation as:

” The Biggest Crisis of the 21st Century”

7% of them dying before they reach fifth birthday.!!7% of them dying before they reach fifth birthday.!!

Extent / Severity of Global Food Crisis

Map of Hunger (% prevalence of undernourishment, 2012)Map of Hunger (% prevalence of undernourishment, 2012)

Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)

Percentage of Children under 5 years of age who are stunted (%), 2005-2011

Percentage of Children under 5 years of age who are stunted (%), 2005-2011

Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)

NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNDERNOURISHED(1990-1992 TO 2010-2012)

NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNDERNOURISHED(1990-1992 TO 2010-2012)

Expected number of undernourished, incorporating the effects of climate change (in millions)

Expected number of undernourished, incorporating the effects of climate change (in millions)

Price Hike

Domestic food price volatility by level of economic development (2000 and 2010)

Domestic food price volatility by level of economic development (2000 and 2010)

YearFood Price Index

Meat Dairy CerealsVegetable

oilsSugar

2000 91.1 96.5 95.2 85.8 69.5 116.1

2001 94.6 100.1 105.3 86.8 67.2 122.6

2002 89.6 89.9 80.9 93.7 87.4 97.8

2003 97.7 95.9 95.6 99.2 100.6 100.6

2004 112.7 114.2 123.6 107.1 111.9 101.7

2005 117.9 123.7 134.9 101.3 102.7 140.3

2006 127.2 120.9 130.0 118.9 112.7 209.6

2007 161.6 130.8 220.3 163.4 172.0 143.0

2008 201.4 160.7 222.9 232.1 227.1 181.6

2009 160.6 141.3 150.0 170.2 152.8 257.3

2010 188.0 158.3 206.7 179.2 197.4 302.0

2011 230.1 183.3 230.2 240.9 254.5 368.9

2012 213.4 182.0 194.1 236.1 223.9 305.7

FAO Food Price IndexFAO Food Price Index

Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)

FAO Food Price Index, 2013 (Up to Oct.)FAO Food Price Index, 2013 (Up to Oct.)

MonthsFood Price Index

Meat Dairy CerealsVegetable

oilsSugar

1/2013 213.3 184.3 210.6 244.0 200.3 267.8

2/2013 212.8 186.4 210.6 241.1 201.8 259.2

3/2013 214.7 185.2 227.8 240.5 196.7 262.0

4/2013 216.5 186.6 256.6 230.7 194.0 252.6

5/2013 214.4 180.0 252.5 234.8 194.3 250.1

6/2013 211.9 179.7 246.3 232.3 193.5 242.6

7/2013 207.5 179.4 243.7 222.3 186.7 239.0

8/2013 204.6 182.4 248.2 206.8 181.8 241.7

9/2013 203.1 184.0 251.0 195.0 184.3 246.5

10/2013 205.8 184.2 252.1 197.1 188.0 264.8

Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)

Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)

Real food price changes predicted over next 20 yearsReal food price changes predicted over next 20 years

Change In 2030

Baseline-2010

Comparing Oil Price Index with other food items

Source: FAO World Food Situation Portal (www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation).

Causes of Global Food

Crisis..?? Increasing population: Reduction in

per capita land availabilityWastage of foodChange in eating habitsProduction of bio-fuelsCrop failure due to extreme weatherGrain used as live stock feedSpeculation drivesGlobal warming and natural

disasters

1. Increasing population

World rural and urban population(1960-2050)

World rural and urban population(1960-2050)

The global population is rising by more than 1.15 per cent a year, which contributes to a net addition to the demand for food and which reduces available resources for food production.

Cropland per capita (ha/cap, 2009)Cropland per capita (ha/cap, 2009)

Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT) and World Bank (WDI)Source: FAO, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT) and World Bank (WDI)

We have already lost 24% of the

world’s farmland and are continuing

to lose a further 1% per year

We have already lost 24% of the

world’s farmland and are continuing

to lose a further 1% per year

Water scarcity

2. Wastage of food

3. Change in eating habits

A diminishing supply of fish will put more pressure on land based protein food sources and encourage intensive farming.

Japanese are consuming 10 times as much protein as they did 50 years ago.

More and more people are shifting towards meat based food system

The shift in diets towards meat products, particularly in China, and population growth in India and other countries are also contributing to the surge in prices of staple foods.

4. Production of bio-fuels

It takes 232Kg of corn to fill an average

50L car tank with ethanol.

Enough corn to feed a child for 1 year.!

IMF estimates that corn ethanol

production in the US accounted for at

least ½ the rise in world’s corn

demand in past 3 years, as farmers

switched their farms to corn.

5. Crop failure due to extreme weather

Global warmingThe threat of global

warming caused by emissions of

man-made greenhouse gases

such as carbon dioxide (CO2)

that are released into the

atmosphere by the burning of

fossil fuels such as oil, gas and

coal has resulted in a search for

so-called “green” fuels that can

power our vehicles (cars, trucks,

boats, and planes)

6. Grain used as live stock feed

7. Speculation drives

Professional speculators and hedge

funds are driving up the prices of

basic commodities in commodity

futures

These dealers are reported to be

shifting investments out of equities

and mortgage bonds and ploughing

them into food and raw materials.

Inequality in Consumption

The average American eats 1,800 lbs of food per year.

The average household throws away 470 lbs.

According to FAO, 14% of the food Americans buy is wasted.

127 million Americans are overweighed

All while people in other countries STARVE.

More than 800 million people in the world are malnourished

That’s one in every ten children of the age five in the world are underweight

IMPACT OF FOOD CRISIS

“For the middle class, it means cutting out medical

care.”

“For those on 90 Rs ($2) a day, it means cutting out

meat and taking children out of school.”

“For those on 45 Rs ($1) a day, it means cutting out

meat and vegetables and eating only cereal.”

“For those on 25 Rs (50 cents) a day, it means total

disaster.

Impact on the poor

Rising food prices affect the poor directly.

The poor generally spend large fractions of their budgets on food, so rising prices make them more likely to reduce their food consumption.

The short-term impacts are alarming: incomes fall by more than 25% and food consumption by almost 20%.

Medium-term prospects remain bleak, with incomes and food consumption down by 11% and 8% respectively.

Impact on farming Higher food prices raise farmers incomes if global price

movements transmit to local markets.

Transmission can be mooted by policies on domestic prices and by transport costs.

In response to price increases, wealthy farmers invested more in productive assets, while poor farmers increased their financial savings as well as consumption. Price spikes relax liquidity constraints, which increases investments among the richer while do so savings and consumptions among the poor, possibly leading to diverging income inequality in the long run.

Impact on low-income countries

Low-income countries face inflationary pressure and rising import

bills both of which undermine economic growth and development.

FAO estimates that food import bills for developing countries rose by

25% in 2007 (Shapouri and Rosen, 2008).

The World Food Programme (WFP) needing another $500 million

to sustain current operations, the likely outcome for these countries

is that food availability will fall.

Higher food prices are incentives to produce local food and could

stimulate agriculture

Response of countries due to GFC??? Kazakhstan, the world’s 6th largest wheat exporter, announced plans to

restrict exports of wheat fearing its citizens may go hungry.

China, the world’s biggest grain producer starts to curb overseas sales of wheat, corn and rice

2010 onwards China started to import the equivalent of 40% of US corn exports.

Vietnam, the world’s 3rd biggest rice exporter, restricts rice exports to slow inflation.

Egypt bans rice exports.

Indian scenario

Source: www.indiastat.com

Year Population (millions)

Available Cereal(gm/cap/day)

Recommended(gm/cap/day)

Available Pulses(gm/cap/day)

Recommended(gm/cap/day)

1950-51 363.0 44.3 460 8.0 40

1960-61 442.0 64.6 460 11.1 40

1970-71 551.0 84.0 460 10.3 40

1980-81 689.0 104.8 460 9.4 40

1990-91 852.0 145.7 460 12.9 40

2000-01 1033.0 145.6 460 11.3 40

2005-06 1103.0 157.4 460 12.7 40

2006-07 1120.0 168.8 460 13.3 40

2007-08 1136.5 168.9 460 14.7 40

2008-09 1153.01 165.9 460 17.6 40

2009-10 1169.4 173.7 460 15.8 40

2010-11 1210 176.5 460 13.7 40

Year Rank in Hunger index

Out of total no. of

countries

Score Status

1990 - - - - - - 31.73 Alarming

2007 94 118 25.03. Alarming

2008 66 88 23.70 Alarming

2009 65 88 23.90 Alarming

2010 67 84 24.10 Alarming

2011 67 81 24.2 Alarming

2012 65 79 22.9 Alarming

Source:-Global Hunger Report, IFPRI

Performance on Global Hunger Index of India

How can we reduce the impact of

Global Food Crisis..???

Future Prospects

Higher food prices and greater attention to food now would certainly stimulate

production

There is scope to raise production through area expansion in Europe and

North America, and a productivity increase in developing Asia and Eastern

Europe.

The pressure to use grain for biofuel as an alternative to hydrocarbon energy

is going to increase.

Precautionary measures like

export bans and rationing in various

countries have exacerbated the price

increase

Preventing Future Crises

Loosen restrictions on exploiting domestic oil and natural gas

reserves.

Eliminate U.S. agricultural subsidies and price supports.

Promote the global elimination of agricultural subsidies.

Encourage the development and use of genetically modified crops by

eliminating trade barriers to such crops and products.

Seminar ends here,

But, what about the Global Food Crisis . . ? ???

Think on.... .!!!!!Our food system is broken.!We need to fix it..!!

We must....!!!

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