This page is dedicated for information on food inequality throughout the world. Food security refers to the availability of foodand one's access to it. Food inequality has become a growing issue world wide admit has been said that hunger starts with food inequality. Some of the most poverty stricken countries have made the most progress toward reducing the number of hungry people while the some of the most wealthiest of countries are not doing their responsibilities to to help and end world hunger. Sustainable Food Food Inequality
There is a lot of debate around food security. Some people argue that:
There is enough food in the world to feed everyone adequately; the problem is distribution.
Future food needs can - or cannot - be met by current levels of production.
National food security is paramount - or no longer necessary because of global trade.
Globalization may - or may not - lead to the persistence of food insecurity and poverty in rural communities.
WHO The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that nearly 870 million people of the 7.1 billion people in the world, one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012 (World Hunger). This number has of course increased in the last 2 years and will continue to increase.
What Can Be Done? In order to achieve a global food and nutritional security, commitments and investments are needed
To produce more nutritious food with less water: Innovative technologies are required to ensure a greener and more sustainable food production. They are needed to improve crop yields; implement efficient irrigation strategies; reuse of drainage water and use of water resources of marginal quality; produce smarter ways to use fertilizer and water; improve crop protection; reduce post-harvest losses; and create more sustainable livestock and marine production.
To focus on human capacities and institutional framework: Agricultural development in the least developing countries (LDCs) lies mainly in the hands of smallholders, a large majority of whom are women. Therefore, new institutional arrangements are needed that centralize the responsibility for water regulation, yet decentralize water management responsibility and increase user ownership and participation.
To improve the value chain: From production, post-harvest handling, processing, retailing, consumption to distribution and trade, efficient water and food recycling strategies can be addressed. It can help secure environmental water requirements when reuse of treated water is not culturally acceptable for other uses.
There is a lot of debate around food security. Some people argue that:
- There is enough food in the world to feed everyone adequately; the problem is distribution.
- Future food needs can - or cannot - be met by current levels of production.
- National food security is paramount - or no longer necessary because of global trade.
- Globalization may - or may not - lead to the persistence of food insecurity and poverty in rural communities.
WHOThe United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that nearly 870 million people of the 7.1 billion people in the world, one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012 (World Hunger). This number has of course increased in the last 2 years and will continue to increase.
What Can Be Done?
In order to achieve a global food and nutritional security, commitments and investments are needed
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-Danny Sloan