Effectiveness of International Efforts to Ease Problem of Global 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.

“Hunger and malnutrition are the number one risk to health worldwide. Each year the death toll exceeds that of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.” There are around 800 million people in the world deprived from proper nourishment and statistic say it’s possible to feed everyone, but is it really? There are many different causes of hunger, such as: poverty, wealth inequalities, natural disasters, war, and food/ resource waste. Although there are many causes of hunger, thankfully there are some solutions that could be quite effective. These include: education, transfer of wealth, empowering women, international support, and technology. Despite the fact there are many solutions the crucial step in ending world hunger is implanting them into society successfully.

Other powers would force the people to grow marketable goods that would be taxed and exported. Before the invasion of colonial powers, many of the cultures had systems devise that ensured everyone got enough food to eat. Not only have the corporations converted the third world to export based economies, but they also control the prices they purchase the good for to ensure profit. There are also inequalities from with in the third world nations. There is great inequality in land ownership; very few wealth landowners hold the majority of the land. The other necessary resources needed for agriculture including water for irrigation, fertilizers, pesticides and equipment are also monopolized. Inequalities among races also effects hunger. Slavery is the most extreme case of racism directly causes hunger. Racism serves as a way to keep non-white people in the low paying jobs. All of these inequality among nations, with in nations and between people is an inefficient use of the resources. Small plots of land that grow many different crops is the best use of land.

Today all over the world,there are people who haven’t eaten in days,weeks,and maybe even months.Many food organizations are working to fix it,but the countless number of Africans who live homeless.”In 2012, 501 million people, or 47% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, lived on $1.90 a day or less, a principal factor in causing widespread hunger.” World hunger has been a problem for a long time now. I feel it can be stopped by donations farming and many more food related things.

In 1954, United States of America started to help developing countries by operating the new assistant program. America gave farm surpluses to developing countries and succeeded to stabilize farm prices. Later on, United States of America provided the biggest monetary help to developing nations. Especially in 2004, America accounted 54% of the world’s foreign aid. Also, since 2002, America is supporting more than 65 countries with more than two billion dollars in average. However, some people are criticizing about the American way of supporting developing nations. Since America gives developing nations money and food supplies, this can undermine developing nations’ self-reliance and make them wait for other nations to help them. Thus, America is finding ways to help developing nations to become independent economically. Some American organizations are even teaching them proper ways to farm and grow crops to help them become gradually

Governments and state agencies need to be more concerned in the obliteration of poverty through providing foreign aid. "As much as people think that America does its part in providing foreign aid, statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development show that the U.S has been at the bottom of the list of industrialized countries as per proceeds that they give to foreign support." (Singer, 2009)

A great example I saw of this was instead of sending food to these countries, we can use that money to buy food locally. In one of Bill Gates annual letters, he challenged the myth that foreign aid is a big

Whereas the United States? budget deficit forces many government agencies, including the Agency for International Development(AID), to lose funding. Furthermore there is no reason to send billions of dollars over seas when northern countries like the United States and Great Britain currently face the highest levels of child poverty that either country has seen in over 25 years. In addition to poverty, other domestic problems such as rape, robberies, and murders in this country still exist. Until domestic issues are solved, any future increase in foreign aid should also be kept to a minimum.

World hunger is on the rise since the turn of the century. Many people overlook world hunger because there are many organizations supporting the cause. Awareness has been brought towards the cause but surprisingly the number still keeps going up. “In 2016, the number of chronically undernourished people reached 815 million, up 38 million from the previous year” (McVeigh, K). Having 11% of the world’s population be undernourished is a serious problem that many people are not aware of. Even though there is a campaign to end world hunger by 2030 it will be impossible to achieve if people don’t start to help. UNICEF has recognized this and has launched it’s own world hunger campaign that has inspired many to make a difference.

Hunger is a very real problem in poverty stricken nations around the world, but we don't always combat this problem in the way we should. In most cases we donate food to be distributed for free or at a reduced cost in poverty stricken areas, and while this does provide food, it can also hurt the local economy. Most jobs in impoverished nations are in agriculture, so sending cheap food makes it harder for the farmers to sell their product. In order to combat hunger in these areas without hurting the local economy, the answer is not to send in more competitively priced food, the answer is to use the food that is already there. I propose that support organizations instead of asking for food donations, ask for money. They could then use the money

As time goes on the advancement in creations and technology grow to help make everyday life easier. For most living in a first world country, the thought of where will the next meal, drink, or shelter will come from is unlikely. Humans have found ways to reach the moon, send satellites into orbit, and connect with one another across the world with just a click of a button. One feasible problem is so over looked and has a general lack of awareness, and that is world hunger.

Because of social instability caused by domestic or transnational war, people are driven out of their land, which leads to abandoned lands that can no longer be cultivated even when the conflict is over. Inefficient usage of resources, including land and water, is an essential cause of hunger in less developed areas. Without a stable social environment for farmers to live safely on their land, the function of financial or technological aid offered by international organizations will not be brought into play.

In this article by AGENDA they discuss how changes in the world’s diet could end world hunger by 2030. Based on the studies that the United Nations has performed, individual’s diet’s, in both wealthy and developing countries, need to include more plant-based foods instead of red meats. Cutting food waste and poor nutrition is also a key change that needs to happen in the effort to end world hunger. The assistant director-general of the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization told AGENDA “ I don’t think it’s all that ambitious to eliminate hunger,” due to rising incomes in large portions of the world, improvements in food transportation,

The U.S. is currently the world's leader in foreign aid to developing countries. It gives foreign aid to such countries in order to promote political stability and economic prosperity, a natural interest for any global hegemon. This aid comes in the form of money, food, humanitarian work, and military assistance. The countries who receive the foreign aid certainly need assistance, but do not always use the aid wisely.

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.