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1 presents A World in Jeopardy (Trade version) With thanks to CIDA’s Human Rights Network V ersion 1.2

2 Consump- tion Bananas Imports & Exports Statistics Termin- ology Coffee $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 A World in Jeopardy

3 $200 This is the immediate result of overproduction of goods on the world market. What are falling prices?

4 $400 The rich north (one quarter of the world population) consumes this many percent of the world’s global resources… (+/- 5%) What is 80%?

5 $600 Developing countries have less food for themselves, as land and water are diverted to provide four types of products for rich consumers. These are two of the four… What are flowers, shrimp, fruit, and meat??

6 $800 Research has shown that an American fast food hamburger now contains meat from up to this many different cattle... (+/- 20) What are 200 cows?

7 $1000 A typical steer consumes this many kg of grain to gain one kg during its stay at a feedlot… (+/- 2) What is 3,000 pounds?

8 $200 These products used by most banana producers, run off into streams and rivers, destroying plant and animal life… What are pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers?

9 $400 People from these two continents are the world’s biggest banana consumers... What are North America and Europe?

10 $600 These are the three biggest banana companies in the world… What are Dole, Chiquita, and Del Monte?

11 $800 For every dollar spent on bananas, this much goes to the producer... (+/- 3¢) What is 5 cents?

12 $1000 This country exports more bananas than any other... What is Ecuador?

13 $200 This kind of trade aims to eliminate import taxes and tariffs for companies... What is free trade?

14 $400 African governments are pressured to push this form of crop production to pay off foreign debts… What is monoculture, or cash crops?

15 $600 These are two of the five corporations that control most aspects of the entire world’s food production (such as fertilizers, seeds and processing). What are Monsanto, Nestle, Altria, ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) and Cargill?

16 Daily Double Rich countries tax imports from poor countries this many times more than they tax imports from other rich countries… What is 4 times?

17 $1000 This past U.S. president said "As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow." Who is Abraham Lincoln? (1864)

18 $200 This country gives the lowest aid per capita of all developed countries… What is the USA?

19 $400 Nomads in Niger have lost this % of their annual income due to the 2005 food crisis. (+/- 20%) What is 70%?

20 $600 Rich countries spend this much on agricultural subsidies every day. Rich countries spend this much on agricultural subsidies every day. (+/- $100 million) What is $1 billion?

21 $800 This % of Canadian food aid must be spent on products made or grown in Canada. (+/- 10%) What is 50%?

22 $1000 This is how much debt developing countries still owe, after paying $550b over 3 decades on $540b of loans. (+/- $100b) What is $523 billion?

23 $200 This type of trade ensures that the producers get enough money for their work… What is fair trade?

24 $400 This is the cultivation of fish, shellfish, water plants, etc. for sale. What is aquaculture?

25 Daily Double This is a term for the wide variety of genes and crops that is essential for ensuring world food security. What is biodiversity?

26 $800 This term defines a type of seed that grows a plant which will not reproduce. What is terminator technology, or terminator seeds, or suicide seeds ?

27 $1000 Europe tried but was unable to ban this form of crop for fear of hidden long-term side effects… What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?

28 $200 This kind of institution benefits the most from free trade of coffee and other agricultural products… What are multinational or transnational corporations?

29 $400 These are two of the four largest coffee- selling corporations in the world… What are Nestle, Proctor & Gamble, Sara Lee, and Altria?

30 $600 This is how much a coffee grower gets paid for a cup of coffee sold in our coffee shops for $1.50… (+/- 2¢) What is 2 cents?

31 $800 This country is the world leader in coffee production, yet many of its growers only earn 40% of their growing costs… What is Vietnam?

32 $1000 This many coffee growers in the world are getting paid less than it costs them to grow coffee... (+/- 3 M) What is 25 million people?

33 Final Jeopardy! The category: Agricultural Subsidies This percentage of agricultural subsidies in America goes to the richest 10 percent of farmers… (+/- 10%) What is 73%? Thank you, and congratulations to the winning team!


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