Feed the World

Feed the World

1. Nutrition

   • Undernutrition
     • Not consuming enough calories to be healthy
   • Malnourished
     • Diet lacks proper balance of nutrients
     • Amenia
       • Deficiency of iron 
   • Food Insecurity
     • People do not have adequate access to food
     • Famine
       • Food insecurity is so great that large numbers of deaths occur
   • Food Security
     • People have access to sufficient safe and nutritious food
   • Overnutrition
     • Ingestion of too many calories and improper foods. causes people to become overweight

2. Agriculture

   • Energy Subsidy
     • Energy input per Calorie of food produced
   • Green Revolution
     • Industrial Agriculture
       • Applies mechanization and standardization to food production
     • Mechanization
       • use of machines in agriculture
     • Irrigation
       • Waterlogging
         • Soil remains underwater too long impairing root growth due to lack of oxygen
       • Salinization
         • Small amounts of salts in irrigation water become highly concentrated on the surface of the soil due to evaporation