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Questions on Hunger Issues

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:55:25 -0400

Should more programs be created to help provide food to those who need it? Is this even enough to counter the problem?

What is our social responsibility? and the rich, when it comes down to issues such as hunger, where some people are consuming excessively, wasting food and products while others starve?

Is the developed world intentionally preventing the creation of a level playing 
field?

Those who study food and distribution issues believe that hunger is not related 
        to a shortfall in food production, but in the ability to...



Global Warming Could Slam Food Supply
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:54:21 -0400
Suppose the dinner on your table last night had cost 20 times what it did? Or 50 times as much? Scientists say global warming very likely has something like that in store in the coming decadesâ€¦.


Global Food Supply Near the Breaking Point
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:51:44 -0400
The world is now eating more food than farmers grow, pushing global grain stocks to their lowest level in 30 years.


	Rising population, water shortages, climate change, and the growing costs of fossil fuel-based fertilizers point to a calamitous shortfall in the world’s grain supplies in the near future, according to Canada’s National Farmers Union (NFU).


	Thirty years ago, the oceans were teeming with fish, but today more people rely on farmers to produce their food than ever before, says Stewart Wells, NFU’s president.

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How to end world hunger
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:49:46 -0400



Cause of Severe Hunger
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:47:46 -0400
The cause of most hunger stems from some disruption in a population’s food distributionâ€”whether resulting from poverty, war, or the deliberate denial of food to populations as a weapon or political tool.
Ending acute or chronic hunger is first and foremost a political endeavor. While the treatment of acute malnutrition requires a very technical medical response in an emergency setting, basic improvements in a community’s water and sanitation infrastructure, for instance, can help ensure greater long-term health and food security.