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The Hunger Paradox

Part of Food Resource Management — GCSE Geography

This introduction covers The Hunger Paradox within Food Resource Management for GCSE Geography. Revise Food Resource Management in The Challenge of Resource Management for GCSE Geography with 15 exam-style questions and 20 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 1 of 15 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

Topic position

Section 1 of 15

Practice

15 questions

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20 flashcards

🌾 The Hunger Paradox

Last night, 828 million people went to bed hungry. That is one in every ten people alive on Earth — and the number is rising for the first time in decades. At the same moment, an average British family throws away £800 worth of perfectly edible food every year. In California, farmers bulldozed millions of kilograms of almonds in 2022 because supermarkets rejected them for being the wrong shape. Meanwhile, in Ethiopia, smallholder farmers who grow coffee for £4 lattes in London earn less than £1.50 for every kilogram they produce.

But here is the sharpest paradox of all: the world currently produces enough food calories to feed 10 billion people — roughly 2 billion more than exist right now. Food insecurity is not a production problem. It is a distribution, access, and power problem. Understanding that distinction is the most important thing you can do for your exam answers on this topic.

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Read this section alongside the surrounding pages in Food Resource Management. That gives you the full topic sequence instead of a single isolated revision point.

What Is Food Security — and Why Are the Four Pillars Important?Where Is Food Insecurity Worst — and Why?The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Why They Cannot Be Separated

Practice Questions for Food Resource Management

Which of the following best defines food security?

  • A. When a country produces all the food it needs without importing any
  • B. When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their needs
  • C. When food prices are kept low by government subsidies
  • D. When there is no hunger anywhere in a country
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Explain one physical cause of food insecurity. [2 marks]

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Quick Recall Flashcards

What is food security?
Reliable access to enough safe and nutritious food.
Why is food demand rising?
Because of population growth and changing diets.

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