Streamlining Python Development: A Guide to a Modern Project Setup
Perspectives On The World Food Situation 6
1. A Perspective on the World Food Situation Presentation by Jim Goering ECHO Agricultural Conference Chiang Mai, Thailand September 22, 2009
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. When food prices rise, civil unrest frequently results. This is Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. In April 2008 food riots resulted in the death of six people, the wounding of 200, and dismissal of the Prime Minister.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31. US Ethanol Industry Is Facing Tough Times This plant, owned by VeraSun Energy of Brookings, SD, the second biggest ethanol producer in the US, is in SW Minnesota. VeraSun declared bankruptcy in October, 2008.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39. Global area planted to bio-tech crops continues to increase rapidly This rapid expansion reflects principally the profitability of the technology, but also environmental benefits (e.g. minimum tillage in Round-up ready crops) Data source : Int’l. Service for Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) 8.7 25 23 No. of countries 11.1 12.0 10.8 Of which “resource-poor” (mn) 10.8 13.3 12 No. of farmers (mn) 9.4 125 114.3 Total hectares (mn) % gain 2008 2007
40. The US continues to dominate the global area planted to bio-tech crops: 2008 Source: ISAAA Note : (1) No significant area of bio-tech rice and wheat; (2) Only 3 African countries grew bio-tech crops in 2008: S. Africa, Egypt, Burkina Faso. 5 6.7 Rest of world (19 countries) Cotton , tomato, poplar, papaya, sweet pepper 3 3.8 China Canola, maize, soybean, sugar beet 6 7.6 Canada Cotton 6 7.6 India Soybean, maize, cotton 13 15.8 Brazil Soybean, maize cotton 17 21.0 Argentina Soybean, maize, cotton, canola 50 62.5 USA Principal bio-tech crops % of global bio-tech area Area (mn has) Country
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55. This synthesis suggests the truly long term (beyond 2050) negative impact of climate change on agriculture and food supplies will be larger in the southern hemisphere, and in particular, Africa and Australia.