Could Food SHORTAGES

BRING DOWN civilization ?

A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point
The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause
government collapse.
Many of their problems stem from a failure to slow the growth of their populations.
Governments lose their monopoly on power, law and order begin to disintegrate.
The extra demand for grain associated with rising affluence varies widely among countries.
90 percent of it is consumed indirectly as meat, milk and eggs from grain-fed animals.
U.S. grain harvest enough to feed 125 million Americans or half a billion Indians at current
consumption levels will go to fuel cars.
Water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry.
No country is immune to the effects of tightening food supplies, not even the U.S.,
Nations government can no longer provide security or basic services for its citizens.
Grain importers are trying to nail down long-term bilateral trade agreements that would lock up
future grain supplies.
Net carbon dioxide emissions can be cut by systematically raising energy efficiency and
investing massively in the development of renew- able sources of energy
Stabilizing population and eradicating poverty go hand in hand.


B: Summarize the AUTHORs main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
In six of the past nine years world grain production has fallen short of consumption, forcing a
steady drawdown in stocks. As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the
resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of countries already teetering
on the edge of chaos. Failing states are of international concern be- cause they are a source of
terrorists, drugs, weapons and refugees, threatening political stability everywhere. Demand side,
those trends include the on- going addition of more than 70 million people a year; a growing
number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain- intensive
livestock products. In many countries crops are grown at or near their thermal optimum, so even
a minor temperature rise during the growing season can shrink the harvest. Net carbon dioxide
emissions can be cut by systematically raising energy efficiency and in- vesting massively in the
development of renew- able sources of energy. Stabilizing population and eradicating poverty go
hand in hand.

C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using
specific citations from the article to support your views.

This article made me made, there are people out there dying because of lack of food and
here they are because of overweight. Theres not enough food to attend the demands, people are
dying in developing countries. People are asking for more and more. Some countries are
experiencing downfall because of hanger. People need food so survive. Such failed states can
export disease, terrorism, illicit drugs, weapons and refugees. Everything could happen because


of the lack of food. We depend on those things we dont have, or we dont know how to
conserve it, we should do something about it, we should stop this and hep other nation.




What?

Food, and demands, agriculture and we
depend. Developing countries need more food
as well as everyone.
Says who?

Lester R. Brown, in the words
of the Washington Post,
What if?

We could change our diets, eating less or stop
wasting food and give to the ones that helps us
and need it.
What does it reminds you of?

The article about water, its everywhere but
we dont know how to use it.