{"id":1766,"date":"2012-07-13T14:23:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T09:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2012-07-13T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T09:25:36","slug":"fast-facts-seven-billion-and-growing-how-will-the-world-feed-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=1766","title":{"rendered":"Fast Facts: Seven Billion and Growing: How Will the World Feed Itself?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asia\u2019s poor spend up to 70% of their income on food, while the rising middle class place even greater demand on food and water sources. How can the region ensure everyone has enough to eat?<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. Two-thirds of the world\u2019s one billion hungry live in Asia and the Pacific and the region accounts for two-thirds of all underweight children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2. Asia\u2019s households spend more than half their income on food, with the poorest spending up to 70%.<\/p>\n

3. Global food prices registered new highs in 2011, and despite a recent pullback, prices are still 85% higher than their 2003 levels.<\/p>\n

4. Millions of people in the region are suffering from under-nutrition as a result of rising commodity prices and food shortages.<\/p>\n

5. An ADB study shows that an additional 112 million people could have escaped poverty in Asia had there been no increase in food prices during the second half of the 2000s.<\/p>\n

6. In SE Asia alone, up to 11 million more children will be malnourished by 2050 unless rising food prices and falling food output are reversed.<\/p>\n

7. 60% of the region\u2019s population will live in urban areas by 2025, requiring huge investments in food logistics.<\/p>\n

8. Stagnation in agriculture and fishing productivity, land and water constraints, and climate change are all increasing food security risks in Asia.<\/p>\n

9. Some countries are taking counterproductive short-term steps to counter food price inflation such as price controls and export bans.<\/p>\n

10. In the longer term, they must boost crop productivity, improve infrastructure, integrate markets, and strengthen regional cooperation.<\/p>\n

11. ADB provided nearly $2 billion a year from 2009-2011 for food security-related investments and will invest the same for 2010-2012.<\/p>\n

12. ADB is working with regional governments to establish an \u201cASEAN+3\u201d food security strategy, including a regional emergency rice reserve.<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/adb.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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