What if your family was poor and that you only had one meal to eat per day? Will that is happening around the world where 795 million people do not have enough of the food they need to live an active, healthy life. Approximately 9 million people in the world die from world hunger each year. In a drought -prone region of eastern Kenya, 25-year-old Peter Mumo has managed to get an education, go to university. Peter’s stated that his family was very poor and that he was a family of 8. His father work for a primary teacher but it was one of the poorest job and use half of his salary on the village liquor dens drinking local brew. Peter only had to eat one meal a day which is boiled of maize and beans. His house was made out of mud walls and a grass roof. And the water from the rain will leak in. The thing that help Peter the most was his school meals that the WFP provided for him, and which had give him energy and gave him a reason to work hard and to give hope for the future. In 2007 Peter has enrolled to Moi University which is the second best school in Kenya. After Peter gradually from university he went out to do a research projects to help people around the world to not starved anymore. People around the world cannot afford to buy enough food or cannot afford the farming supplies they need to grow enough good food of their family. The cause of world hunger are any type of natural disaster such as floods, tropical storms, and long periods of droughts. Droughts is one of
There are multiple factors that contribute to hunger, one of which is food waste. In 2010, thirty-one percent of the available food supply in America went uneaten or wasted. Every year, a minimum of 1.3 billion pounds of food goes unused. Not only does the unused food sit in landfills, but when it rots, it produces greenhouse gasses that speed up global warming. Unemployment is also one of the bigger factors in the problem of hunger. Most people commonly associate poverty with hunger. But sadly, in America, unemployment and hunger also go hand in hand. When a person is unable to earn money, they are then unable to buy food, he or she has a higher chance of going hungry. With little money it is harder to find or buy food.
Have you ever thought about what it is like to be constantly hungry as a result of not having access to adequate food? For some people in the world this is a reality. In my interview with Melinda Vonderhorst she recounts her personal observations from her five trips to Haiti, where she helped to build a school along with working in an orphanage and clinic, of countless children
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
Hunger in America happens every year to homeless people,kids, and adults,as sad as it is even new born babies. This could happen to anyone why? There is several reasons maybe some people don’t have the money. What if you were that person how would you live knowing that your child isn’t getting proper nutrition? Many people don’t seem to realize how much this really happens. one in 7 people in the United States face trying and struggling to get food to eat, and more than 12 million American family’s face hunger. Food insecurity is harmful to all people, but it is especially devastating to children. Proper nutrition is what a child’s needs to help with their development or you can say growing. Did you know that while hunger is nonstop - African
Many factors contribute to the food insecurity faced by many American’s today. Poverty seems to attribute to the hunger crisis more drastically than anything else. More specifically, unequal distribution of wealth is the principle cause of hunger. The world does in fact produce enough food to feed everyone, the issues is that income is not distributed is in such a way that everyone can afford or have access to food.
William Kamkwanmba lives in Malawi, Africa, where most people grow their own food without the help of electricity or running water. Life is quite difficult here, as only two percent of the Malawians can afford electricity. When William was 14 years old, his life became more difficult due to a drought affecting most family’s ability to grow enough food. “Within five months all Malawians began to starve to death. My family ate one meal per day, at night”, William recalled.
World hunger is one of the many dire problems facing the human race. Although the common person probably won't have a big impact on ending world hunger, but by being aware of the issues you become empowered. It is first necessary discuss some other the myths about the reasons for world hunger. World hunger is not caused by population increase, but it is one of the factors. The global grain production is high enough to
Natural disasters, poverty, and war all cause famines. Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean, the war in Iraq, and drought in East Africa are all examples of how hunger devastates
Hunger is caused by many things and shockingly a food shortage is not one of them. Most people who face hunger are in that situation because of poverty. Poverty is the lack of money to buy what is necessary. The number one cause of poverty is job instability. Without jobs people have no way to make money to provide for their families and one of the things some people cut back on in their budget is food. Sometimes
Food is a necessary part of ever individual’s daily life. Without food, the body cannot function properly, resulting in poor health, exhaustion, and even death by starvation. Therefore, food insecurity continues to be an international global epidemic. The journal article by Harrigan suggests that the citizens of the Sub-Saharan African country of Malawia are in further poverty due to their lack of food and agricultural resources. The newspaper article from the Guardian tells the real life story of African citizens struggling to farm and find food due to the crop shortages that have spanned Africa for the past two years. This is a current global issue, and the journal and news article prove that there is much to be done in order to help restore
Hunger is caused by many events, including the poverty trap, natural disasters, war, poor agricultural infrastructure, and over-exploitation of the environment.
Other causes of hunger are poor leadership, over-fishing, poor farming methods, natural calamities such as drought, famine and floods. There are others such over exportation of agricultural goods, land rights and ownership, diversion of land use to non-productive activities.
This paper is focused on the causes of their food insecurity and poverty such as climate volatility and also ways to fix or help the situation that Madagascar citizens go through day to day. It is well known that many african countries are under food insecurity and poverty. What is food insecurity? “Food Insecurity-The state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.” (Google Definition) Each year more and more people die because they can’t afford ,or find ways to obtain enough food to provide them with essential nutrients and provide the energy they need to do everyday things.Found off of the Eastern coast of the African Continent, Madagascar is a very well known large island that has
There are many reasons that may contribute to the cause of world hunger. Historically, the society will continue to change as long as there are people in the world. For what I know, the world had vastly changed from 60 years ago up to now. Whenever I’m with my grandmother, she always told me stories on how accessible and cheap it is to have food in the Philippines during her teenage life. They used to have a small pond where there are tilapia and various crops, vegetables and fruits in their backyard. This scenery was common in each household even
Food is the foundation of human live and people cannot survive without it. Food security is a vital issue facing the governments around the world. However, food shortage is becoming increasingly severe in this day and age. There are several reasons which led to the universal food shortage and they are interconnected to each other. Increasing world population, extreme weather and the wide spread use of biofuels are the main causes of worldwide shortage of food. These factors lead to food price rises rapidly.