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Global Issues

Global Issues. World Hunger. By: Gitanjali Raina. Record Breaking. “A United Nations food agency says a record 1.02 BILLION people are hungry around the world.” - CBC News. What is Hunger?.

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Global Issues

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  1. Global Issues World Hunger By: GitanjaliRaina

  2. Record Breaking • “A United Nations food agency says a record 1.02 BILLION people are hungry around the world.” - CBC News

  3. What is Hunger? • “The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food.” • “The want or scarcity of food in a country.” • “A strong desire or craving.”

  4. Africa

  5. Big Spenders Barack Obama Bill & Melinda Gates

  6. The Problem? • “food output is as high as it has ever been, suggesting that hunger isn’t a problem of production so much as one of DISTRIBUTION.” - The Nation

  7. Solving the Problem • African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) • working in their own society; taking on challenges. • help organize the distribution of food. • learn about plant breeding. • learn about biotechnology.

  8. …Solving the Problem • Train men and women to provide food locally

  9. India

  10. Hunger in India • “India is emerging as the world centre of hunger and malnutrition.” This said by a report by Indian campaign group, the Navdanya Trust. - BBC News

  11. India’s Massive Population Growth • Canada’s population: 3.3 million • Toronto’s population: 2.48 million • India’s population: 1.14 billion • India’s population growth rate: 18 million per year * India’s population grows almost NINE times the population of TORONTO per YEAR. Canada India

  12. …India’s Massive Population Growth

  13. Ration Shops • Ration shops are government shops where food products are sold at highly subsidized rates.

  14. Solving the Problem • Central government takes a step forward, helping the people of Bundelkhand by working on a brand new legislation that will help make sure that the people of their state are having enough to eat.

  15. Haiti

  16. You be the Judge What They Eat What We Eat

  17. Suffering • “They look at me and say, ‘Papa, I'm hungry,’ and I have to look away. It's humiliating and it makes you angry.” - Saint Louis Meriska, a father in Haiti, who expresses his anger over the fact that his children went without food the day before - New York Times

  18. Corruption Ten Most Corrupt Countries (2006) 1. Haiti 2. Burma 3. Iraq 4. Guinea 5. Sudan 6. DR Congo 7. Chad 8. Bangladesh 9. Uzbekistan 10. Equatorial Guinea - Source: Transparency International

  19. Solving the Problem • open better schools. • foreign investment is key. • enforce strict laws to lower corruption level.

  20. Addition Information

  21. - Source: FAO

  22. By understanding the fact that billions of hopeless and helpless individuals are facing world hunger, it is our duty as their brothers and sisters to provide them with the comfort, love and support they need but most importantly…deserve. Thank You

  23. Bibliography • Molitor, Graham T T. "Food and agriculture in the 21st Century: Rethinking our paradigms". Futurist 5(2003):40. eLibrary. Web. 20 Dec 2009. • Brown, Lester R. "pushing Beyond the Earth's Limits". Futurist 3(2005):18. eLibrary. Web. 20 Dec 2009. • Siddiqi, Moin. "No real will to attack global poverty". African Business. 01 Aug 2004: 26. eLibrary. Web. 20 Dec 2009. • Kristof, Nicholas. “How to fight global poverty”. On The Ground. 21 Nov 2009. The New York Times. 19 Dec 2009. • “Can Africa’s poverty be beaten?”. Africa. 4 Feb 2005. BBC News. 19 Dec 2009. • Stokes, Bruce. "Heal thyself". National Journal. 01 Mar 2003: 650. eLibrary. Web. 20 Dec 2009. • Hiscox, Heather. “Record increase in world hunger this year”. Nation CBC Television. 8 Jul 2009. Canadian Points of View. 19 Dec 2009.

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