By: Aisha Iskandar (Deputy Chair)
Committee: Special Conference on Food
Security
What does it mean to ‘promote the production of
livestock’? What is optimal food security?
This relates to the kinds of animals raised on
farms that are used for human food.
Some animals eat a little grain to become
ready for market, but other animals eat a
lot. This topic tries to make
recommendations about which animals
would be most efficient to produce for
human food.
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Production: The act of producing;
creation; manufacture.
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Livestock: Animals kept or raised
on a farm or ranch.
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Food Security: The availability of
food and one’s accessibility to it.
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Famine: Extreme shortage of food.
A six year old
malnourished
child
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Starvation: A state of extreme
hunger resulting from lack of
essential nutrients over a prolonged
period.
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Malnourishment: Not having
enough food to develop or function
normally.
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Food security is a major global issue
Food shortages due to economic crisis. 1 billion
people suffer from starvation, malnourishment,
and not enough nourishment.
Encouraging the production of livestock to
feed growing populations (studies show 3
billion more people to feed by 2050)
Food shortage in Africa and Asia (very
important)
Major events in countries (natural events, wars,
etc.) that may affect food supply:
-Haiti food shortage after Hurricane Sandy
-war in Syria
-overpopulation in certain countries
It takes about 2 pounds of grain to produce one pound of
chicken meat, about 4 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of
pork, and about 8 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of beef.
Looks like chicken is
the more
sustainable
livestock to raise
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For every pound / kg of grain consumed by livestock there is
that much grain NOT available for human consumption.
For every pound / kg of grain grown there is a corresponding
amount of land and water resources used to grow it
Livestock that eats more grain COSTS more land to be
cleared and used, and takes more grain away from direct
human consumption
Livestock that eats less grain COSTS less land to be cleared for
use, and leaves more grain for human consumption
Beef takes up most grain, most land to produce the grain,
and most land for it to live / graze on
The United Nations has launched many projects
all over the world to deal with food shortage and
food security throughout the years through the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
 The Committee of World Food Security (CFS) has
also been taking action in dealing with food
security, but mainly focuses on short-term food
crises
 The FAO has established a Millennium
Development Goal (MDG) to half poverty and
hunger by 2015
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1943 – Forty-four governments came together
to create a permanent organization for food
and agriculture (not fully established yet)
1960 – Freedom from Hunger food campaign
began to gain non-governmental support
1962 - The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius
Commission created to set international food
standards becomes operational.
1981 – The first World Food Day takes place on
16th of October by 150 countries
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1986 – The world’s most broad source of
agricultural information (FAOSTAT) becomes
operational
1994 – FAO starts the Special Programme for
Food Security (SPFS), which targets low-income
food-deficit countries (LIFDCs)
1996 – FAO calls upon186 Heads of State or
Government and other high officials at World
Food Summit (in November) to discuss and
combat world hunger.
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1997 – FAO begins the campaign against
hunger initiative, called TeleFood. In 1997,
TeleFood reaches a global audience of 500
million (more on TeleFood:
http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/action/facts_tf_silos.htm)
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2000 – FAO creates a strategy for concerted
government and UN agency action to combat
chronic hunger in the Horn of Africa (at the
request of the United Nations SecretaryGeneral)
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2002 – World Food Summit: five years later,
reaffirms the international community's
commitment to reduce hunger by half by 2015
(MDGs)
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2008 – FAO holds a high-level conference on the
impact of climate change and bio-fuel boom
on food security and food prices. The
conference adopted a resolution to increase
assistance and investment in developing world
agriculture
2010 – Worst floods ever to hit Pakistan; FAO
helped by distributing wheat seed to half a million
farming families in time for the planting season.
An additional 235,000 families received feed,
medicine, and shelter for their animals
 2011 – FAO declared a state of famine in two
regions of Somalia and appealed for US$120
million for response to the drought across the
Horn of Africa
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Promoting the production of sustainable
livestock to have more supply of food
Invest in agriculture and job growth
More developed countries (MDCs) cooperate
with less developed countries (LDCs) to create
free trade agreements (FTAs)
Save land to make more farms (certain
countries have started growing farms on tall
buildings in order to maximize the use of land)
Enforce human rights (allowing people their
rights to have clean water and food)
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Beef is the least helpful livestock in terms of
efficient use of the entire food supply chain
Chicken is the most sustainable livestock on
land
Fish is the most efficient use of space when
farm-raised, high in food value to humans, also
low on feed consumption
Indoor fish farm
Link to Hunger Map: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/food_security.shtml
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http://www.fao.org/about/en/
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http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/
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http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2373e/i2373e00.htm
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http://www.sdc-drr.net/and_fs
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/globaldevelopment/2012/oct/14/un-global-food-crisis-warning
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/03/foodshortage-reach-critical-phase-asia-africa.html\
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http://www.bigpictureagriculture.com/latest-ag-news
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http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/04.09/shortages.html
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http://www.stakeholderforum.org/sf/outreach/index.php/component/conte
nt/article/158-cop18-day-4-food/1165-livestock-and-climate-change-
intensification-is-not-the-answer
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http://www.un-foodsecurity.org/
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http://www.climate.org/publications/Climate%20Alerts/2012winter/sustainable-agriculture-food-security.html (May be useful)
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http://www.realfooduniversity.com/paleoprimal-lifestyle-sustainable-meatproduction/
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http://www.sustainablesushi.net/the-fish/sake/
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http://arizonafitnessbootcampblog.blogspot.sg/2012/05/wildvs-farmed-fish.html
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http://emahlou.blogspot.sg/2010/10/shooting-bull.html
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http://www.edupics.com/image-pig-i16127.html
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http://creativewealthintl.org/cwi-blog/get-your-ownchicken/
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http://www.healthcastle.com/whole_grain_faceoff.shtml