The Problem Of World Hunger

World hunger is a very serious issue in today’s world, that is very stunning in a world full of resources and food to feed the hungry. World hunger affects millions around the world. There are 795 million malnutritioned people around the world today. The good news is that hunger is a problem that can be solved. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone. Today’s knowledge, and willing people can just be enough to solve the main issue of world hunger.

It is estimated that 740 million people are starving in the world today. (Prakash and Conko 357) There are about 7.2 billion people in the world, so the hungry population accounts for 12.7% of the population. The time has come to change these statistics. It is the 21st century and we, as humans, now have the technology and resources to reverse these terrible numbers. There are two arguments on what we should do with this new technology, however. One side, researched by a science policy analyst, stated that biotechnology still has kinks to be worked out and is not the best way to combat world hunger. Another side by a AgBioWorld Foundation vice president and a world-renowned scientific researcher, professor, scholar, and director of the

Every day, between 21,000 to 24,000 people die because of hunger or diseases associated with hunger. In 2010, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that 239 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were hungry/undernourished. However, there are many reasons why these numbers are so high, such as poverty, harmful economic systems, conflict, environmental factors, etc. While people in Africa are starving, other countries have too much food. This is a major problem and I believe that everything possible should be done to end starvation not only in Africa, but all over the world.

In the past ten years the world population exceeded six billion people with most of the growth occurring in the poorest, least developed countries in the world. The rapidly increasing population and the quickly declining amount of land are relative and the rate at which hunger is increasing rises with each passing year. We cannot afford to continue to expand our world population at such an alarming rate, for already we are suffering the consequences. Hunger has been a problem for our world for thousands of years. But now that we have the technology and knowledge to stamp it out, time is running short.

As we look around our world today, we see many of the struggles we face as a nations combined. From the striking pace of global warming to the never-ending reoccurrence of both civil and international wars, there is still one issue that seems to continuously be thrown on the backburner. Whether it be the highly industrialized United States and China or the severely undeveloped areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic of world hunger plagues all countries alike. According to Oxford English Dictionary (2014), hunger is referred to as the feeling of pain or weakness due to an absence of food, but what causes this ‘absence of food’? What prevents those suffering from accessing the proper nourishment? According to recent case studies and statistical data, the worldwide dilemma of hunger has been directly linked to the increasing presence of poverty. It has since then been hypothesized that the issues surrounding world hunger can ultimately be excised by directly combatting the matters related to poverty however, this can only be accomplished by first gaining a clear and concise understanding of the problem at hand and only from there, with the aid of government based resources, can we move forth to tackling the causes of poverty and ultimately hunger itself.

In science fiction films, such as Soylent Green the world is facing a hunger crisis due to overpopulation. To fight this problem the government gives out controlled rations to the poor and middle classes. The rations may look like neon green saltine crackers made with normal ingredients but they are actually made of people. Soylent Green is parallel to the way the world is today. Currently, we are in a world hunger crisis and the solution that our scientists and government have come up with is genetically engineered food and genetically modified organisms, GMOs. These organisms such as plants and animals have had their genetic codes altered using biotechnical techniques.

The common perception about hunger and poverty is that it is a miniscule problem that impacts only a few smaller, underdeveloped countries. However, that is not the case, because “of the world’s current population of 6.8 billion, 5 billion are living at levels of poverty that deprive them of their basic needs, and more than 1 billion are going hungry” (Powledge 1). This statistic shows that lack of awareness is one of the primary problems preventing help to the those who are less fortunate. Another problem preventing the elimination of hunger and poverty is governments unwilling to fully dedicate themselves to solving the problem. While “more than 100 nations legally recognize the right to food. The United States does not” (Devine 179) showing that even developed countries have come up short in attempting to fix this problem. Due to this “Fourteen percent of United States households are food insecure…” (Devine 178). Although Poverty and world hunger has always plagued the less fortunate across the world, I argue that through spreading awareness and making this a priority for world leaders this can become a problem of the past.

The phrase “world hunger” and “malnutrition” provoke strong emotions by scientists, researchers, and the general population alike. Rightly so, nutrition is a fundamental human right that must be at the forefront of the global health agenda. While there has previously been an understandable focus on undernutrition in developing countries, recent years have witnessed a paradoxical problem by which obesity is on the rise despite the persistence of undernutrition. Stemming directly from and serving as evidence of the increase in obesity, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and hypertension, are “increasing in epidemic proportion,” account for a significant portion of the global burden of disease, and are predicted to overcome communicable diseases; in fact, the World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, noncommunicable disease will increase to 66% of the disease burden as determined by disability-adjusted life years. (National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau, 2017, p. 1). (Mathers, et al., 2004, p. 50).

About 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy and active life, according to the Food Aid Foundation. That is equivalent to about one in nine people on earth (“Hunger Statistics”). While many people are going to bed hungry, it is reported that Americans throw out almost as much food as they consume. Journalist Suzanne Goldenberg reveals America’s food waste problem and the effect it has on world hunger and poverty. By using pathos and representations, Goldenberg succeeds in making her audience both aware of the problem and what role they play in deepening world hunger.

Growing up, the commercials of starving children in Africa in need of food because of rampant starvation and the pervasive threat of death have been streaming on various media. World Hunger is one of the main problems that a large portion of the global population faces today. Hunger varies with severity but in this case it is the want of food in a third world country. World hunger is a problem that has existed for much of our known history; it has faded away from central concerns because it is barely brought up in everyday conversations. World hunger has many aggravating factors and principal causes, such as insufficient economic systems, misinformation, climate changes, etc. But the main debilitating factor is poverty as poverty always has led to people going without regular meals because they cannot afford to eat. There are vast quantities of people in third world nations and developing countries such as Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia that are so impoverished that are in desperate need for food. Whether a country is rich or poor, there are always tremendous numbers of people dealing with poverty and hunger. Perhaps most disheartening is the cruel reality that most of the victims are young children. Hunger is a very serious issue that cannot easily be remedied.

Imagine life were all on your mind was “When will I eat again”? or Will I make it through the night or day”?There should be a image pop up in our heads of all the food we waste everyday and then remember the less fortunate people all over the world with no food. Every day we are adding on to world hunger by wasting food. The less we waste food the more lives we can save. Starvation is not only in Asia, Africa, it is everywhere even in the U.S. The money we waste on excess food could go to those underprivileged ones. The source

Hunger, in short, is a crisis that is marked by the inability to meet basic nutritional needs. The lack of nutrition brought by hunger leads to cognitive problems, bodily problems and ultimately death. While hunger is commonly correlated with third world countries such as Haiti, it is a global crisis experienced by every region in some form. The devastation of hunger is unmissable, claiming “the lives of 20,000 children a day” (Gitlin 1252). Additionally, with a population experiencing exponential growth, “the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years” (Godfray, H. C. J., et al 812). Ironically, the majority of people facing hunger are farmers and pastoralists living in marginal lands within Africa and Asia, “where

People do still not have enough food to eat. “Every minute in Africa, 12 people die from malnutrition.” (Senker 12). The population is rapidly decreasing due to lack of malnutrition. Food is readily available in many countries, but in the places where there are food losses, people are suffering major consequences such as death, severely malnourished, and underweight. Even though efforts are being made, it is still not enough to save everybody in need of saving from the bad conditions they are in today. The efforts may help for now, but in the future, nothing will save these need

Globally, one in nine people in the world today (795 million) are undernourished. The clear majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 per cent of the population is undernourished. Asia is the continent with the most hungry people – two thirds of the total. The percentage in southern Asia has fallen in recent years but in western Asia it has increased slightly. Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished people. In sub-Saharan Africa, projections for the 2014-2016 period indicate a rate of undernourishment of almost 23 per cent. Poor

Malnutrition, sickly children and poor/developing countries. Did you know that 98% of undernourished live in developing countries and everyday, 1,000 children die because of water and sanitation - related diarrhea diseases, (Know your World: Facts about hunger and poverty). This paper is about World Hunger and the issues, it causes throughout the world. So many people suffer everyday that we don 't know about. This paper is going to make you want to reach out and help.