Understanding Water Footprint in Food Production

Food security is when people always have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary requirements and personal preferences.

Nutrition is a regular and balanced diet for health and growth.

Malnutrition is the deficiency, excess, or imbalance of nutrients in a person's intake.

<p>The Food Security Index measures food availability, affordability, quality, safety, and natural resources and resilience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Hunger Index ranks countries on a 100 point scale with 0 being the best score (no hunger) based on four components: undernourishment and others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Low weight for height, reflecting chronic undernutrition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Low weight for age, reflecting chronic undernutrition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fatal synergy of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The amount of food measured in calories that a person consumes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>HICS (high calories mainly consisting of sugar and fats) and LICS (low calories mostly made of grain)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Deficiency diseases, 2. Obesity, 3. Marasmus, 4. Kwashiorkor</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Water footprint measures how much water is used to develop a plant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Droughts can lead to lower crop yields, ultimately increasing food prices and affecting availability.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relocation diffusion occurs when diseases move from their area of origin to new areas due to carriers moving into those areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expansion diffusion involves diseases spreading outwards from a source into new areas, intensifying in the originating region as well as occupying new areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Combined relocation and expansion diffusion involves a disease spreading through both expansion from a source and relocation to new areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Contagious diffusion refers to the spread of infectious diseases through direct contact between infected individuals and healthy individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provide food assistance globally</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>90 million people</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To lead international efforts to defeat hunger, food security, and malnutrition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Via transportation and social networks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nearby individuals or regions have a much higher probability of contact than remote individuals or regions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provided 15 million school meals and raised $4.3 billion for countries facing food insecurity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Industrially formulated edible substance derived from natural food or synthesized from other organic compounds</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Peaked in rates of consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enable increased range of diverse food products</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reduces presence of localised foods and diets</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In an unsustainable way (dependent on imported food)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Honeycrips, Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady</p> Signup and view all the answers