1.  Meat  Population  Grain  Money  Water  Ethanol  Air  Temperature  Climate  Drought  Oil

2.  Consumption of food by people varies by the development of the country in which they live, physical conditions of the land and cultural preferences  Most people get their dietary energy from cereal grain  Wheat  Rice  Maize  Protein obtained in MDCs from meat mostly

3.  Physical, social and economic access at all times to safe and nutritious food sufficient to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life  1/8 (875 million) of world’s inhabitants do not have food security  Undernourishment – dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life

4. 1) Rising price of oil – needed to produce fertilizers, run industrial farm machinery, transport food 2) Demand for biofuels – growing crops for fuel is more profitable than growing crops for food 3) Drought and climate change 4) Declining agricultural productivity – land degradation, constraints on water supplies 5) Low grain reserves – more grain has been consumed than has been produced 6) Market speculation – more investment in food and industrial commodities, may contribute to price inflations 7) Changes in income – with development in some LDCs like China and India, people can afford to eat more and higher demand is placing pressure on resources