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.

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Thank you for your time and attention.

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