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HUNGER is found all around the world. Many people die because of hunger , and cant find job to sustain themselves or put food on the table.

Also there is a disparity between the aggregate food needs of the world population in comparison to the actual output or production of food.

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Lot of people do not have enough sources of food and
others do not have the job at all and that is where the scarcity goes in.

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1.)  Charity Drive
-We have a set of people who will be collecting possible goods for other people and we can set up some collaboration with non profitable companies and other people who want to help for our help can reach other people who needs help in food

2.)  Community Pantry
- People who are open-handed and are willing to give something  to helping other people in times of scarcity. Those who are in need of food can line up and get what they need for the day and this will ensure that everyone can have food for the hungry.

3.) Sustainable Farming
- People could use their space and farm on their own that can be used for the whole community to eat, but they should be able to control their daily consumption.

4.) Government intervention
- The government can provide help through either cash or food like what they were doing whenever there is typhoon or other calamity.

5.)  Donations of food to hungry people
- People who are afraid of leaving food on the community pantry can also help by just giving food to starving people.

6.) Financial support from the government officials
- the government could provide different services that will benefit a lot of families especially in times of food scarcity. can hand money to people and they can use that to buy foods and other necessities .

7.) Urban farming
8.)Reducing Food Waste
9.)Improving food storage systems

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This article includes excerpts from a briefing on food and food security in the Philippines by Focus on the Global South.

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This article, written by Focus on the Global South-Philippines, tells us about more about food security and agricultural challenges in the context of the Philippines, and looks at different environmental and structural causes of insecurity.

Socio-economic profile of the Philippines

In 2014, the Philippines was the 13th most populated country in the world, with a population of about 107 million. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for the last quarter of 2014 was 6.9%, more than the 6.3% of the same period in 2013, but less than the 7.2% of 2012. The full-year GDP growth for 2014 was pegged at 6.1%. However, despite significant economic growth (Philippines ranked 27th country in the world in 2013), 24.9% of Filipinos - 1 in 4 - lived below the poverty line.

Hunger profile

There are several statistics that provide a quick glimpse of the country's hunger profile and all of them point to a reality that the country has a serious hunger problem. In addition, the growing population and a steady decline of agricultural productivity and food production in the last three years contribute to the persistent hunger and food insecurity problems in the country.

Severe and persistent hunger situation

In 2014, the Philippines' Global Hunger Index (GHI) was 13.1. This index is based on three indicators: undernourishment, child underweight and child mortality. It uses a scale of 0 (no hunger) to 100 (hunger). The ideal score is less than 5, which indicates low hunger. The country is therefore ranked 29th in the world, with its situation categorized as a "serious problem". In the past 15 years (1999-2014), the number of Filipino families who rated themselves as hungry (based on the Social Weather Station's self-rated hunger survey) rose from 8.3% to 18.3%.

Women and children's faces

The people suffering from hunger in the Philippines are mainly children and women. There was a minimal decrease in the number of underweight children- from 20.7% in 2003 to 20.2% in 2011. Further, alarmingly 33.6% of children under 5 years old are suffering from stunted growth in the same year, which placed the country 9th in the world rankings of stunted children. Pregnant women in the Philippines also count amongst the people suffering the most from hunger. According to the Food Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), one-fourth of pregnant women with children aged below 5 years are nutritionally at risk, while close to 12% of lactating mothers are underweight. According to a 2013 UNICEF report, the Philippines ranked 5th among the countries with the most cases of low birth-weight babies.

Exacerbating hunger: conflicts, extreme weather events and disasters

The regions that are the most affected by hunger and food insecurity are rural. This is the case especially in conflict-affected areas of Central Mindanao and disaster-affected communities, mostly in the Visayas. These are also areas where poverty incidence is much higher than the national average.

Structural causes vs. hunger and food insecurity

Hunger in the Philippines is caused by various factors. One culprit is inflation. High retail food prices makes food items unaffordable and hinders the ability of poor households to meet their daily food and dietary needs.

People working in the agriculture sector are more prone to hunger, because of low rural incomes (whether as farmers or farm workers), lack of access to productive resources such as land and capital, and the vulnerability of the sector to various shocks such as climate change, extreme weather events, pests, and disease.

Beyond the numbers and macroeconomic indicators, liberalization has become the backbone not just of Philippine food and agriculture policies but of development policy as a whole. This is despite implementing social justice measures such as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Indigenous Peoples' Reform Act and Fisheries Reform Code. Since 1981, the Philippines has been pursuing a comprehensive and radical program of trade liberalization. The impacts of this policy have been devastating to the agriculture sector, especially to food producers. This brings to the fore numerous policy questions in food and agriculture over last three decades. Have these policies improved the capability of people to produce food and have access to a safe, adequate, and affordable food supply? Have these policies and programs empowered millions of Filipino food producers who rely on agricultural productivity for their food and income?

The centrality of access, control of land and security of tenure to a hunger-free Philippines

The absence of an effective land redistribution program spells doom for Filipinos relying on agriculture for livelihood and undermines their capacity to feed the nation.

Current statistics on the country's rural conditions illustrate the farmers' bleak situation. Farmers, the majority of whom are women, comprise four out of ten poor Filipinos. Poverty incidence is particularly high among landless agricultural workers and farmers cultivating small plots of lands and in areas where the concentration of land ownership remains with a few prominent clans.

In 2013, the rural income of those employed in agriculture is way below the required food threshold or the required minimum income/expenditure to meet the basic food needs and nutritional requirements for socio-economic and physical activities for a family of five.

Excerpts from: Focus on the Global South-Philippines (2014). Right to Food and Food Security in the Philippines: What the Numbers Say. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Sources

CIA (2016). Philippines. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, USA.

IFRPI (2015). Global Hunger Index. International Food Policy Research Institute.

NSCB (2014). National Accounts Q4, 2014. Philippines Statistics Authority.

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This article, written by Focus on the Global South-Philippines, tells us about more about food security and agricultural challenges in the context of the Philippines, and looks at different environmental and structural causes of insecurity. In 2014, the Philippines was the 13th most populated country in the world, with a population of about 107 million.

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People are starving because they don't have access to food
and their country is lacking of food sources.

Other people in some countries have trust issues because
of bad experiences they have had before when trying to put their trust unto somebody, also other people have different intentions too.

Global pandemic have cause a lot of people to lose jobs,
everyone was forced to stay and work at home and the only way for them to go out is when buying necessities.

Homeless people do not have the capability to provide food because other people were not giving them chances.

Corrupt government officials only think about themselves and tend to forget that they were on that position to serve their people, instead of helping they were putting all the budget to their pockets and for own needs.
-low paying jobs
-high tax