Ending Hunger is Important

German GuglielmiAgron 342

11/2/15

Hunger Isn't a Necessity

As of 2014, an estimated one out of every nine people in the world were suffering from chronic malnutrition (World Hunger, 2015)

Hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined (Corgan, 2015).

Even in the comparatively wealthy developed nations, there is an estimated eleven million who are malnourished (World Hunger, 2015).

Legislation is Important

• France passed a law that would make it illegal to destroy or toss out food that remains edible.

• Petitions have been signed with the goal of bringing the law to the rest of Europe.

• Truckloads of food are wasted.

• Often due to over-aggressive sell dates– packaging has been

compromised– dented cans

• What if the United States followed France's example?

Wastefulness is Important

Wastefulness is Important• Restaurants account for 15% of all food waste

– Suppliers account for 11%– Combined total of 26% or 1/4 of all waste– 74% of food is wasted by consumers

Easy Steps to Take: – Don't buy perishables that won't be consumed, cooked, or frozen

within their window of edibility– store refrigerated foods in airtight containers – save and eat leftovers later, or share them

A Cycle• Nine million people in total die

from hunger or related issues each year

• Every ten seconds a child dies from hunger– An estimated three hundred

million children are hungry today (Corgan, 2015)

– Malnutrition can cause stunted growth and developmental impairment.

– Malnutrition continues the cycle of poverty.

Education is Important• Education on proper food

preparation and storage might cut food waste in itself– Increase efficiency of resource

utilization. • Educating women specifically

may be significant in changing the world. – Women often assigned a

lesser status than men.– Women are often the principle

farmers and food growers. – Also in charge of the children.

Equality is Important• Since they are often not given the

same respect as men, they also don't recieve the same education, financing, nor training.

– Therefore they lack the means to produce as efficiently as they could.

– Reversing this could end hunger for 1.5 million people (Corgan, 2015)!

• Studies have shown birthrates have a negative correlation to women's education.

– As women are better educated, birthrates decrease.

– Fewer mouths to feed means more food to go around.

– Also fullfilling right to autonomy.

Change is Important• 1990: The United Nations set what became

known as the Millennial Development Goals (MDG)– Eight parameters to follow that would aid in the

alleviation of world hunger– Since then, world hunger has decreased 17%

(Corgan, 2015).• Do we have a moral responsibility to participate

in the change? – Right to Life– Right to Food Security

Change is Important• Developed nations have

a duty to enforce "corrective justice."

• Restitution for developing states mistreated and taken advantage of.

• Moral force is strongest when the injustice is recent.

• Paying the victim 100% vs. the grandchild 30%.

The Approach is Important

• Hunger is a multi-faceted problem, therefore its solution is also multi-faceted.

• Usually governments focus on three core factors:– agriculture, health and nutrition.

• Attention must also be paid to issues surrounding land, gender, trade and markets.– The solution to the problem is a holistic approach.

The Conclusion• World Hunger is

influenced and maintained by many factors.

• World hunger won't be solved simply by educating women or by supermarkets donating surplus.

• People need to care, to be re-sensitized for a cascade effect to take place.

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