Statistic of World Hunger

• Total : about 841 million• Under five years old : 153 million• Dying children : 6 million

World Hunger is a serious problem !!!

Who is Hungry?

People in developed countries

BUT !!!

Nowadays also advanced countries suffering from hunger, because of the poverty

The Extent of the Problem

• 40,000 children under age five die every day from hunger and preventable diseases.

• The loss of human life from hunger is greater than if an atomic bomb were to be dropped on a densely populated area every three days.

• One in every five people in the world is hungry.

• More people have died from hunger in the past two years that were killed in World War I and World War II combined.

• 70% of childhood deaths are associated with malnutrition and preventable diseases.

• 70% of people in Asia live in extreme poverty.

World Hunger’s Factors

Political

Environmental

Economical

Political Factors

EFFECT

Destroys crops

Food – political weapon

Takes labors and other resources

Military Spending

Disproportionate of government money

Behest of more powerful nations

Security Aid

Economical Factors

Imbalance of the international trade

External debt

Hunger

Small family farmers

Powerful agribusinesses

SHUT

OUt

R E S U L T

Low price of goods

Farmers can’t make their living

NAFTA, GATT

Influence negatively to foreign aid

Multinational corporations have more free to trade

Environmental Factors

Land degradation & Clearly cut land

Produce fewer or no crops

Easy to damage From drought,

floods, or heavy winds

HUNGER

Stop Blaming the Weather

food production grown faster then population

Because of the innovation. It made technology better such as hybrid seeds, fertilizers and so on.

WHY ???

malnourishment?

Especially, underfed children succumb more easily to disease, and are often stunted both physically and mentally, making it harder for them to earn a living as adults.

RESULT ???

Bad government lead to hunger?

YES !!!

Congo ~~~

What Poor countries need?

private property; own their land.

Biggest favor; rich countries -> poor countries

To give less aid-to their own farmers

(rich countries)

Farmers are protected in rich countries.

HOW ???

Subsideshigh tariffsimport quotasa tangle of other barriers masquerading as health and safety standards.

Poor Nations Denounce U.S Farm Subsides

Protectionism Adds to Hunger, Critics Say

Only way to alleviate world hunger?

- by, leader of developing nations.

- United Nations World Food Summit

Free Trade

How can biotechnology fight hunger?

By increasing productivityBy improving crop qualityBy reducing the need for chemical pesticides.

Main causes of food shortages

Wars Protectionism in agriculture products in Europe, the U.S.A., China, India, and Japan. Protectionism in value-added products in the part of the same countries.

Effects of the high level of U.S. farm subsides

It depresses prices and effectively shuts their producers

from developing nations.

Suggested Solution … IDE

IDE

Boulder-Denver area’s NGO

To develop and disseminate affordable,

low-tech ways to water their fields