https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm The Economics of Hunger en-us 2018-07-19 18:35:04 UTC 2024-07-22 00:30:09 UTC hello@padlet.com haleydyer18 https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270650276 By developed countries dumping their surplus off food on third world countries only makes the situation worse for their farmers because now that food is accessible it drives down the price of the local farmer's product and could lead them to not being able to produce at all. The Journal of International Development stated that in an article that by providing food aid developed nations are only prolonging the problem by providing a short-term solution. In certain situations, food aid can be very helpful like in cases after natural disasters but, in cases like sub Saharan Africa where there is always a food shortage providing food aid is not helpful (Awokuse, 2011).  ]]> 2018-07-19 18:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270650276 haleydyer18 https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270651169 Developing nations would be better off if instead of developed nations, like the US, gave them aid to help create their own agricultural system that work in their region instead of just giving the people food as a short-term solution.  The people want hope and the ability to farm for themselves rather than handouts from rich nations. In his book R.C. Hornik concludes that most agricultural projects in third world countries fail and they end up needing more food aid. This is because a lot of times rich nations give developing nations the equipment but not the technological know how (Hornik, 1993). ]]> 2018-07-19 19:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270651169 haleydyer18 https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270651982 In the movie it showed that when communities were able to improve their agricultural situation their overall well being also improved. The people of Morocco were able to create man made barriers against desertification and became better off than other communities who had not. The people in Morocco knew to do this because of the research their university had done. This shows that with the technological know how communities can do a lot with their already existing resources and don’t need that much help from rich nations. If governments were to impose some policies or programs to help farmers have access to these technologies citizens would be better off than just receiving food aid (Krueger, Schiff, Valdes, 1988).  ]]> 2018-07-19 19:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270651982 haleydyer18 https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270652547 In the video when talking about Thailand some made the point that rich nations should not help poor nations because it would cause more competition and have a negative effect on the developed world. This is untrue though because when we help other nations and allow them to grow agriculturally they also grow economically and with that they have more money to put into the economy and they actually buy more from the developed nations. In his book J.R. Benjamin states that since Thailand has been able to grow from the help of developed nations the people now have more to buy food and complete the cycle of growing and consuming, having a positive effect on rich nations who they are buying from (Benjamin, 1968).  ]]> 2018-07-19 19:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270652547 haleydyer18 https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270652934 Many countries like Japan and the US give farm subsidies to keep prices of products low and to protect farmers from the market. This creates a huge surplus and also reduce the amount of fair trade among countries. This also makes it had for developing nations to enter the market since domestic prices are intentionally kept so low. If subsidies were to be taken away farmers would produce less fixing the surplus of crops but then have a surplus of land. The solution for this is diversification as shown in the movie. Farm subsidies have a negative effect on farms and nations that do not get subsidies (Ahearn, El-Osta, Drewbre, 2006).]]> 2018-07-19 19:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270652934 haleydyer18 https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270653122 2018-07-19 19:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/haleydyer18/o419mlna2ipm/wish/270653122