Food Shortage

Done by:

SGT Jin Yuan, SGT Joshua, SGT Yang Ling, SGT Evan, SGT Lemuel, SGT Jonah

What is a Food Shortage?Severe hunger; starvation. A food crisis occurs when rates of hunger and malnutrition rise sharply at local, national, or global levels. This definition distinguishes a food crisis from chronic hunger, although food crises are far more likely among populations already suffering from prolonged hunger and malnutrition.

Causes of Food shortage- Climate and weather

- War and displacement

- Unstable Market

- Disease

- Poverty trap(Social Economic Status)

- Lack of investment in agriculture

Effects of Food Shortage - Starvation/Malnutrition- Social Unrest- Diseases- Death

Examples of food shortage Africa:In Somalia, a severe food crisis is expected to persist throughout the country for the rest of 2006, affecting at least 1.8 million people.

Asia:Reduced food aid and crop damage due to floods in July has increased the severity of food insecurity in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. In Timor-Leste, hundreds of thousands of people affected by civil unrest still need food assistance

Over 45 000 people affected by drought and floods in Nepal have received relief assistance. Unprecedented floods caused by several weeks of torrential rain have left millions of people in India and Pakistan homeless and in need of food assistance. In China, the worst drought in 50 years has affected more than 3 million hectares of crops in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Social EntrepreneurSocial entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persistent, tackling major social issues and offering new ideas for wide-scale change.

Bernie Fowler- Founded Farming 4 Hunger in 2012- Felt a need to help the needy and those that felt

‘forgotten’- His Vision was to help his people in his hometown

gain access to healthy fruits and vegetables.

Programmes of Farming 4 Hunger- Hub and Spoke Program + Produce drop program.- Farmers and Volunteers harvest 2 million pounds of

fresh crops.- Food distributed to needy and anti-hunger

organizations.- Inmate Mentoring + Life-coaching- Partners with the Department of Corrections to

provide community service opportunities to inmates.

Farming 4 Hunger- Non-Profit Organization- Aims to serve the less-fortunate in Southern

Maryland- Mission : To feed the hungry and to feed the soul- Core of the Organization : Healing the mind, body

and spirit.

History of Farming 4 Hunger- Works with area food banks and pantries to

distribute with fresh food.- Works with over 2,500 volunteers a year to

harvest, package, and distribute the food.

ProblemOne of the great challenges of the 21st century will be to feed a rapidly growing population. Current projections suggest the number of people on earth will outpace our ability to feed them by 2050. Food insecurity can lead not only to famine but also to political instability and violence.

World food preservation hunger

Major manufacturer of advanced postharvest technologies. These "Sister" Universities and Institutes are working together in a unique partnership to develop new sustainable technologies to combat food loss in developing countries and throughout the world.

Working to provide well qualified graduate students from developing countries with a world-class education in the postharvest preservation of food. They are striving to educate an army of dedicated young scientists from developing countries that will return to their native countries and make a substantial impact on reducing world hunger. With the reduction of food hunger, more people will have food to consume and food shortage will decrease over time.

Our Reflection- We feel that people are affected by the situation of people around

them greatly, for example a person in a lesser-developed country who are facing food storage would not strive to improve their situation as everyone around them is having the same problem.

- We feel that through volunteering activities such as BB cares ,we would be better able to help the needy and the hungry , to provide them food.

- Yes, we feeling having the comfort of Singapore would give us a opportunity to help the needies, but also give us a meaningful experience to take home