World Development – Do we have enough food for everyone? MEDC, Developed, First World, Rich LEDC, Developing, Third World, Poor.

World DevelopmentWorld Development

– – Do we have enough food for everyone?Do we have enough food for everyone?

MEDC, MEDC, Developed, First Developed, First World, RichWorld, Rich

LEDC, LEDC, Developing, Developing, Third World, Third World, PoorPoor

The GameThe GameContinentContinent % of world’s % of world’s

populationpopulationNumber of Number of studentsstudents

(class of 13)(class of 13)

Europe & Europe & OceaniaOceania

2121 22

North AmericaNorth America 99 22

Africa & Africa & Middle EastMiddle East

1313 11

AsiaAsia 4949 77

South AmericaSouth America 88 11

% of world’s food related to % of world’s food related to populationpopulation

ContinentContinent % of world’s % of world’s populationpopulation

% of world’s % of world’s foodfood

Europe & Europe & OceaniaOceania

2121 3838

North AmericaNorth America 99 2222Africa & Africa & Middle EastMiddle East

1313 99

AsiaAsia 4949 2525South AmericaSouth America 88 66

Dividing up the class (don’t show the group until afterwards)

Some questions answered. Some questions answered.

• Q. Does the world produce enough food Q. Does the world produce enough food to feed all the people wellto feed all the people well?

• A: Yes. Enough grain is grown to A: Yes. Enough grain is grown to provide each person with 10 loaves of provide each person with 10 loaves of bread every day.bread every day.

•Q. We grow more than enough grain to Q. We grow more than enough grain to feed everyone in the world. Why do the feed everyone in the world. Why do the poorest not get any?poorest not get any?

•A. We use over 50% of it to feed animals A. We use over 50% of it to feed animals and fatten them up for slaughter. To and fatten them up for slaughter. To produce 1lb of beef you need to feed the produce 1lb of beef you need to feed the cow 5lb of grain. cow 5lb of grain.

Q. Why don’t the poorer farmers in Q. Why don’t the poorer farmers in LEDC’s use fertilisers and pesticides to LEDC’s use fertilisers and pesticides to help them grow better crops?help them grow better crops?

A. They can’t afford them. 85% of the A. They can’t afford them. 85% of the world fertilizer is used by Western world fertilizer is used by Western Europe and North America. Europe and North America.

• Q. Did the USA really dump 8 million tonnes of Q. Did the USA really dump 8 million tonnes of grain into the sea recently?grain into the sea recently?

• A. Yes they did! They produced too much and to A. Yes they did! They produced too much and to prevent the prices falling and losing money, they prevent the prices falling and losing money, they dumped it at sea.dumped it at sea.

• Q. Why didn’t they ship it to the poorest people?Q. Why didn’t they ship it to the poorest people?

• A. They say it is too expensive to transport.A. They say it is too expensive to transport.

Q. Why do many countries that can’t feed Q. Why do many countries that can’t feed their own people export millions of tons of their own people export millions of tons of cash crops (tea, pineapples, peanuts) every cash crops (tea, pineapples, peanuts) every year?year?

A. Multinational companies can control A. Multinational companies can control some of the best land in LEDC’s and can some of the best land in LEDC’s and can dictate what to grow. dictate what to grow.

•Find examples of countries where food supply is a real problem e.g. Ethiopia in Africa.

•Why do people there have less food than we do in France?

•Can you find out about why people can eat so much food in the USA?

•What things can stop people from getting food?

‘Food supplies are not equal around the world’.

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