Hunger And Poverty

Hunger And Poverty
                                               
We often hear about people’s desire to solve world hunger, or to be able to feed the world and help alleviate the suffering associated with it.

However, meaningful long-term alleviation to hunger is rooted in the alleviation of poverty, as poverty leads to hunger. World hunger is a terrible symptom of world poverty. If efforts are only directed at providing food, or improving food production or distribution, then the structural root causes that create hunger, poverty and dependency would still remain. And so while continuous effort, resources and energies are deployed to relieve hunger through these technical measures, the political causes require political solutions as well.



 Hunger and global poverty   

1.- There are many inter-related issues causing hunger, which are related to economics and other factors that cause poverty. They include land rights and ownership, diversion of land use to non-productive use, increasing emphasis on export-oriented agriculture, inefficient agricultural practices, war, famine, drought, over-fishing, poor crop yields, etc. This section introduces some of these issues.
2.- Solving world hunger in the conventional sense (of providing/growing more food etc) will not tackle poverty that leads to hunger in the first place. Further, there is a risk of continuing the poverty and dependency without realizing it, because the act of attempting to provide more food etc can appear so altruistic in motive. To solve world hunger in the long run, poverty alleviation is required.
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The food scarcity part of the argument in the population debate is an interesting one -- people are hungry not because the population is growing so fast that food is becoming scarce, but because people cannot afford it. Food may be scarce, but it is international trade, economic policies and the control of land that have lead to immense poverty and hunger and therefore less access to food, not food scarcity due to over population.
4.- Food and agriculture goes to the heart of our civilizations. Religions, cultures and even modern civilization have food and agriculture at their core. For an issue that goes to the heart of humanity it also has its ugly side.

This issue explores topics ranging from the global food crisis of 2008, to issues of food aid, world hunger, food dumping and wasteful agriculture such as growing tobacco, sugar, beef, and more.

Causes Of Poverty-Related Hunger   

here are many inter-related issues causing hunger, which are related to economics and other factors that cause poverty. They include land rights and ownership, diversion of land use to non-productive use, increasing emphasis on export-oriented agriculture, inefficient agricultural practices, war, famine, drought, over-fishing, poor crop yields, etc. This section introduces some of these issues.

Population and Feeding the World  

The food scarcity part of the argument in the population debate is an interesting one -- people are hungry not because the population is growing so fast that food is becoming scarce, but because people cannot afford it. Food may be scarce, but it is international trade, economic policies and the control of land that have lead to immense poverty and hunger and therefore less access to food, not food scarcity due to over population.

Food and Agriculture
Food and agriculture goes to the heart of our civilizations. Religions, cultures and even modern civilization have food and agriculture at their core. For an issue that goes to the heart of humanity it also has its ugly side.         

This issue explores topics ranging from the global food crisis of 2008, to issues of food aid, world hunger, food dumping and wasteful agriculture such as growing tobacco, sugar, beef, and more.

Causes of Poverty       

Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Why is this? Is it enough to blame poor people for their own predicament? Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their plight? What about their governments? Have they pursued policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed.

Recommendations To Prevent Hunger 

1. Follow a routine, take your food at the same times each day. Babies are fed at a certain time, the mother does not wait for the baby breaks into tears when he is hungry then feed him, right? If you wait till you "hungry" eat inadequate amounts which makes you gain weight, and what is worse, if you let your body express the feeling of "hunger," eat the first thing you find in the cupboard or in store the corner.
2. Schedule your meals with 2 to 4 hours apart and no more, so you will not get to have the feeling of "hunger."
3. Do not skip breakfast. If you're in a hurry every morning, you can prepare something for the night, and you heat it in the mornings only and packed to go and eat it at the first chance you get.
4. Get used to prepare a fruit or vegetable in a container to carry, to eat between meals. Remember if you let go more than 4 hours without food, your body will go into a phase of "hunger" and know the consequences.
5. Drink 8 glasses of water, distributed throughout the day. Do not try to drink a liter of a milestone for not taking water in the following hours. All it will feel bloated and run around after a bath.
6. Detects what is the most likely time to get something to eat. At 11 in the morning? At 5 o'clock? Record the time when your body asks for food generally and since have well identified, plan an activity at that time. Activity than watching TV, eh? Must be some activity that keeps you busy with your hands well and preferably have your entire body busy.