AGRC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Food Security, Compost, Veganism
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Section 1: role of food animal production in society lecture 2. Sub - saharan africa has the largest prevalence of undernourishment relative to its population size. Undernourishment is a growing concern, there is not enough income to buy food that has the proper nutrients. Malnutrition is an issue because the food that is bought in the north does not have a lot of nutritional value because of the transportation time, etc. Trying to develop more horticulture in northern saskatchewan so you can grow food locally instead of importing food in. 72% of large ruminants and 65% of small ruminants are in developing countries. There is a very strong correlation between where there are a lot of livestock compared to where people are lacking nutrients. They depends very heavily on livestock for food supply. Hunger not entirely a matter of food supply. 1- distribution is un even ( geo - political )
