AGR 203: The World Food Paradox by Cheyenne Matthews https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq The Problem of World Hunger en-us 2018-07-22 02:05:27 UTC 2024-05-26 23:37:05 UTC hello@padlet.com There's no more appalling spectacle than there to be less than industrialized countries and the deprivation and malnutrition of millions in the third world. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270769908 I chose this quote because i feel like it pulls you into the problem right away. You can picture the hungry and put yourself into their situation.  You also understand the urgency of the problem with this quote, as well as the immense amount of miseffort on most of the industrialized worlds part. "The scale of global hunger is especially troubling, given that the world produces enough food to meet human needs. Data from the FAO indicate that on an average, there are 2800 calories available per person, after livestock are fed and after post-harvest losses are accounted for, which is an amount that far exceeds the 2100 calories an average person requires per day to maintain health.'^ FAO data also reveal that world food production per capita has actually been rising in recent years,"' (Clapp, 2014, p.5) This is further proof of the problem behind world hunger. ]]> 2018-07-22 02:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270769908 The practices of subsidizing is putting the worlds best farmers out of business. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770185 This was an important quote to choose because it sheds light on the reason for the food surpluses in some countries and the extreme lack of food in others. "If farm subsidies ended, U.S. agriculture would continue to thrive. Farms would adjust, planting different crops and diversifying their sources of income. A stronger and more innovative agriculture industry would emerge, as occurred in New Zealand after it repealed all its farm subsidies in 1984." (Edwards, 2007, p. 10) This proves that removing subsidies is the best way to move towards solving world hunger. ]]> 2018-07-22 02:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770185 I'm encouraged by the thinking that's developed in the world thinking that food aid, as an example, could be used as a development tool. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770232 I think this quote was important to note because it shows the optimism that world leaders and influencers have for the future. There is hope for the future, however there is still work to be done, and hungry people all over the world. It also shows that there are people who are willing to put the work in that it takes to better the world. It shows that there is still hope for countries in need, with the right assistance the light at the end of the tunnel can be reached. World hunger has been a problem and will continue to be until a solution can be come to. ]]> 2018-07-22 02:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770232 Inia projects are primarily funded by the US and some European countries. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770408 I think this was an important quote to take note of because these projects are put in place to help the under privileged countries and they are powered by industrialized countries trying to make things better. While some countries do this in an effort to push their agenda, there are mostly successful programs like this. " We can deal adequately with world hunger, not by treating it as an isolated problem to be solved, but by laying the building blocks of a new world order. The crucial question is: are we moving towards a new order which is humane and developmental, or one which is repressive and counterdevelopmental?" (Goulet, 1975).]]> 2018-07-22 02:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770408 We have some programs in place in the world today including the united states that distort trade alot, and if we can move from massive trade distortions to minimal trade distortions, it would make an enormous contribution, and if we can get the Europeans, and the Japanese, and others to step in that direction... cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770527 I think this was an important quote because it  states the issue, but also offers a solution. I think that trade plays a huge roll in the issue of famine, and the worlds needs to put a number to that and do something to fix it. It also offers the cooperative energy and ideas that are required for multi-country cooperation for large scale trade to be worked on and hopefully fixed. Optimism on a global scale plays a large role in the solving of world hunger. ]]> 2018-07-22 02:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270770527 Works cited cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/yqm6sf5ozhrq/wish/270810467

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