FOOD SECURITY & FOOD SAFETY WHERE DISASTERS STRUCK IN 2011
GERMANY UNITED STATES
E. COLI OUTBREAK IN GERMANY The outbreak spread to countries all over Europe and North America. More than 4,000 people became ill and 50 people died. As a result of food safety concerns, consumption of fruits and vegetables declined in Europe, and individual countries imposed precautionary trade restrictions.
May –June 2011 FLOODING IN US MIDWEST MEXICO
Numerous levees were breached along the Missouri River, flooding thousands of acres of farmland. Estimated losses exceeded US$2 billion. The flooding reached the Canadian Prairies, where property and agriculture losses were expected to surpass US$1 billion.
Summer 2011
DROUGHT IN NORTHERN MEXICO Nearly 900,000 hectares of farmland (some 2.2 million acres) were devastated, and 1.7 million head of livestock were lost.
late 2010 –January 2011
US SOUTHERN PLAINS/SOUTHWEST DROUGHT AND HEAT WAVE A majority of range and pasture land were classified as being in “very poor” condition. Total direct losses to crops, livestock, and timber approached US$10 billion.
Spring/Fall 2011
NATURAL DISASTER LEGEND
FLOODING CYCLONE DROUGHT EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI
FOOD-BORNE DISEASE FAMINE/FOOD SCARCITY
26 DÉJÀ VU IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
THE HIGH PRICE OF MOTHER NATURE A
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Natural disasters around the world caused a record US$380 billion in economic losses in 2011. That’s more than twice the tally for 2010, and about US$115 billion more than the previous record.
more than half of total losses in 2011
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