1. All God’s People Need Food
World Food Crisis 2008
All God’s People Need Food

2. High Grain Prices Separate Haves and Have Nots
Richest 20% in world consume 16 times as much food as the poorest 20%
Industrialized Countries spend 10-20% on food
Developing Countries spend 60-80% on food

3. Who are the have nots?
FAO has documented we have 854 million who are undernourished at less than 1700 calories per day
More than 1 billion people live on less than $1 per day – the extreme poor
Another 1.5 billion people live on between one to two dollars per day

4. For I was hungry and you gave me food
Jesus Calls Us to Follow Him - to bond with the hungry - to serve the hungry
For I was hungry and you gave me food
For I was thirsty and you gave me water

5. Looking beneath the $1 a day line
Poor
($.75 cents – $1)
485 million people
Medial poor
($.50 cents – $.75 cents)
323 million people
Ultra poor
(less than $.50 cents)
162 million people
Source: Ahmed, et al

6. Who are the Extreme Poor?
485 million people
between $.75 cents & $1
Medial Poor
323 million people
between $.50 cents & $.75 cents

7. Ultra Poor 162 million people less than $.50 cents
Do we have strategies to find the hungry in their moment of need?

8. Where are they?
Malnourished children- dark gray 40%+, light pink 30-39%, darker mauve 20-29%, yellow 10-19%, red less than 10%

9. Where are the poorest?
The growing number of the poorest in SSA Living below US$.50/day ( )
Source: Ahmed et al 9

10. 72% of Sub-Saharan Africans live on less than $2 a day
59% of Asians (excluding China) live on less than $2 a day
Asian poverty declined in last 20 years while African poverty grew

11. World Prices as tracked by FAO

12. Surge in cereal and oil prices
Commodity prices (US$/ton)
New trend?
Source: Data from FAO 2007 and IMF 2007.

13. GLOBAL FOOD PRICE RISES
Wheat: 130%
Soya: 87%
Rice: 74%
Corn: 31%
Time: One Year to March Source: Bloomberg

15. Grain Market Forces Collide With Food Needs of Poor
Production is insufficient.
Stocks of wheat and rice are at 25 year low.
Bio fuels are demanding more food stocks.
Food riots threaten to create instability in 37 countries.
Tariffs and subsidies in US and Europe depress local markets.

17. The poor need livelihoods.
They need to grow their own food if at all possible.
They may need rural extension and marketing services.
They may need basic health care to maximize their opportunities.
They may need literacy and new skills.

18. Pro-poor policy actions to adapt and mitigate food price problem
Developed countries
Eliminate agricultural trade barriers,
expand / re-visit aid priorities for agriculture and rural services,
including social protection

19. Pro Poor Policy Actions
2. Developing countries
Increase investment in agriculture, rural infrastructure and market access for small farmers
Expand social protection (rural and urban) for the poorest

20. Pro Poor Policy Actions
3. Science and Technology (CGIAR and NARS)
Facilitate production response by agriculture science- and technology-based solutions (China, India, Africa)
Joachim von Braun IFPRI, IFAD, FAO

21. Pro Poor Policy Actions
4. Support Agriculture programs for the poor
Stand With Africa
World Hunger
Seek LWR and LWF programs that target the poorest of the poor

22. Sources cited FAO BBC Guardian World Bank Compiled by
Pastor Chuck Fluegel
East Central Wisconsin Synod of the ELCA