1. FOOD PRODUCTION ISSUES

2. PROBLEMS IN ATTEMPTING TO RAISE FOOD AVAILABILITY….  Farmers farming marginal land (poor quality land) where sustained use is impossible.  Land shortages have led to deforestation.  Overgrazing has damaged the soil (mostly on the continents of Asia and Africa)

3. Food subsidies as an international issue…  Developed countries with government subsidies encourage large quantities of food.  These large quantities keep prices HIGH.

4. TRADE PROTECTION POLICIES AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS  Developing countries complain because they suffer the loss of trade/exports to developed countries.  Cheap surplus food from the developed world undercuts local farming efforts.

5. Developing countries supporting increased food production  Government price support (corn in Zimbabwe)  Technical and planning assistance to farmers  Easy access to credit  Better transportation to market  Cheaper supplies of fertilizer and pesticides  Research for new ways of farming.