Transcript The Geopolitics of Food supply

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Objectives
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To understand the concept of
Geopolitics
To understand and consider how
Geopolitics affects food supply
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To consider the merits of free
trade and food security
What governs and controls these flows?
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Geopolitics – the way in which geography, demography,
economics and the distribution of resources interrelate with
the politics of nations and the relationships between nations
 Wars
 Neighbours
 Sanctions
 Trading
blocks
 Trading regulations and laws
 Look
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again at pages 207 to 209
How do the globalisation and free trade of
food stuffs work in theory?
What is protectionism and how does it
affect free trade and globalisation?
Who are the World Trade Organisation and
what role do they play in the Geopolitics of
food production? (www.wto.org)
Complete the table on the Millennium
Development Goals
How does Food security fit into these goals?
Millennium
Development Goal
What is being done
How it links to food
supply and security
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal
primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender
equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal
health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental
sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global
Partnership for Development
"Looking ahead to 2015 and beyond, there is no question that we can achieve
the overarching goal: we can put an end to poverty. In almost all instances,
experience has demonstrated the validity of earlier agreements on the way
forward; in other words, we know what to do. But it requires an unswerving,
collective, long-term effort." United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
 Whilst
watching the DVD record
 The places under study
 How the global trade system affects the rich
and the poor
 How food and agricultural supply are
affected by the global trade and geopolitical
system
 The impacts upon – MEDCs, LEDCs and
individuals
 List
all of the groups who could possibly
affect global food supply.
 Rank the importance of those groups in
terms of their impact upon the supply of
food.