_______ 1.

depredation

_______ 2. waste disposal catastrophe

_______ 3. overpopulation

_______ 4. extinction of particular species

_______ 5. massive deforestation

_______ 6. deadly acid rain

_______ 7. water pollution

_______ 8. ozone layer depletion

_______ 9. oxygen reduction in atmosphere

_______ 10. radical food system alteration

a. increased birth rates

b. loss of biodiversity

c. dumping of urban waste; defiling of sea

and rivers by oil spills

d. excessive amount of waste unloaded in

landfills

e. Destruction of million-year-old

ecosystem

f. CFC’s in the atmosphere

g. genetic modification in food production

h. fossil fuel combustion; massive rotting

of vegetables filling up garbage dumps

i. industrial and community waste residues

seeping into underground water tables, rivers and seas

j. deforestation

B. Completion Type. Fill the blanks with word or phrase to complete the tatement.

1. The global food security situation and outlook remains delicately _____________
amid surplus food production and the prevalence of hunger.

2.Food production outpaced _______________ over the past 50 years due toexpansion in crop area and
irrigation.

3. ______________ poses complex challenges in terms of increased variability and risk for food
producers and the energy and water sectors.

4.There is a need to look beyond agriculture and invest in affordable and suitable_________________ if
the problem of food insecurity is to be addressed in a sustainable manner.

5. Proactive interventions and policies for tackling food security are discussed whichinclude issues such
as agriculture for development, ecosystem services fromagriculture, and ________________.

6. Demand for food will be ___________ greater than it is today and the challenge of food security
requires the world to feed 9 billion people by 2050.

7. Global food security means delivering _______________ to the entire world population.

8. The security of food also means the _________________ of society such as population growth,
climate change, water scarcity, and agriculture. 9.The closest aspect of human life associated with food
security is the ____________.

10. A major environmental problem is the _______________, particularly through deforestation.

11.Decline in water supply is caused by degradation of soil or ________________.

12.______________ is the use up of water to produce consumer products. 13. One of the models and
agenda being pushed by different organizations to address the issue of global food security is through
______________.

14. The destruction of the water ecosystem may lead to the creation of _________________, people
who are forced to migrate due to lack of access to wated due to flooding.

15. Instead of dealing with the causes of global warming, there is some interest in “technological fixes”
such as __________________.