Food security

Introduction: In a world where children are considered the key to the future, why are they facing the hardship of food insecurity? Many people are reluctant to believe the reality that these children suffer day to day, but it is a reality. So, what happens to these children who live in food insecure homes? They begin to develop physical, emotional, and mental problems which then later affects their academics and social life. This research project has given me the chance to explore these…

because of natural disasters, increase in population, and not being able to produce enough food. Additional problems such as environment crises and global warming result in furthering the idea of food scarcity. If that is the case, then hunger exists simply because there is not enough food supplied to keep up with the demand stemming from starving people. It is thought by some that if we increase the food supply we will be able to resolve world hunger. However, scarcity is a perspective that…

Background In recent times, the concept of sustainable agriculture has been at the top of the global agenda to address global food (in) security and harmful environmental impact of agricultural practices mainly adopted during the green revolution era – which led to increases in agricultural production in many parts of the world including some developing countries such as India, Mexico and China (Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Hazell 2009; Foley, 2011). Most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries…

it has nothing to do with us right? Unfortunately this is not true. The initial cause of the revolts was food prices. The people were enraged in the sudden spike in the prices of food, and this is not an isolated incident. For instance, Syria experienced a destructive drought, and that same year the citizens began revolting against the government. The core of the widespread uprisings is food insecurity, and the scariest part is it will only continue to worsen. As of 2013, the population of earth…

tell you that current global food production will be unable to meet the demands of the rapidly rising global population. Millions all around the world today are undernourished and starving. Millions of people a year die from starvation in areas like Africa and Asia due to poor food security. The world population is rapidly rising about 200,000 people each day, which adds up to 70 million people each year. This will put more of a stress on every countries food security, no matter where they are…

Food Aid Impact on Developing Countries Food aid has created a way for underdeveloped nations to receive the emergency aid their countries need. Nations like Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) can misappropriate national funds on military projects instead of developing their agricultural industry (Feffer). On the other hand, countries like Ethiopia are dependent on foreign relief and are claiming a dependency syndrome (Siyoum, Hilhorst, Uffelen). Food aid does create a…

2. The important smart strategies to deal with the current problems facing agrobiodiversity, CC and food security. (question 3 of Chapter 3) Subsequently, agricultural expansion has contributed to widespread land degradation and climatic changes through the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from sources, such as soils, biomass burning, enteric fermentation, rice cultivation, fertilisers and manure management. Climate change and land degradation are intricately linked because of the feedback…

great potentials for agricultural production. Until the late 80s, Cameroon was considered self-sufficient in agricultural production and played a role of food garret for its neighbouring countries, thus referred to as “Africa in miniature”. Since early 90s, Cameroon began spending billions of francs CFA to import significant quantities of food items such as rice, maize, onion, tomatoes, milk and poultry even though it has a clear comparative advantage in producing them. This has been very…

so-called sustainable farming methods cannot produce enough food to feed the rapidly growing world population. Industrial farming and the technologies that enable mass food production are the key to food security and the key to preventing food shortages and starvation, especially in the poor parts of the world. Despite its many disadvantages, industrial farming and the use of technology such as biotechnology is the only means to food security and preventing starvation. Like any human…

Q2a) The three indicators used to create the Global Hunger Index are the proportion of people who are food-energy deficient, the relevance of underweight children under the age of five, and the under-five mortality rate. It ranks on 100-point scale, with 0 best score, and 100 being worst. Q2b) The countries with the greatest hunger problems are the ones that are in the alarming stage and the extreme alarming stage, and they tend to be third world countries, that are developing still. Also, the…