Hunger In Africa Is Still Starving By Alex Perry

Richard Robbins explores and analyzes the creation and the upkeep of hunger in his book “Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism. Each day, over a billion people in the world lack basic food needs. Common misunderstandings about world hunger are that it is the result of insufficient food production, famine is the common reason for hunger and that hunger is caused by overpopulation. Robbins argues against that theory and says that famines is not the leading cause of hunger and hunger is not due to overpopulation or insufficient food production. “Food production is not determined by the global need for food; it is determined on how many people have the means for it” (page 176). The documentary “The End of Poverty” reinforces Robbins belief that food is a commodity.

The article which I chose to summarize is “Clean Your Plate. There are People in Starving in Africa!”, written by Timothy W. Jones. This article addresses the excessive wastefulness of food and resources in the United States. I particularly agree with how the author describes, not only the amount of food that is thrown out, but also the amount of money that it translates to. I would recommend this article to businesses, in particular, as it could be an eye-opener. The author examines three different perspectives of wastefulness: Food loss in general, losses as they relate to the farming industry and the wastefulness of food in the retail food industry. The author’s purpose of this article is not only to highlight the fiscal irresponsibility

The first article 4 ways to end hunger in Africa from CNN explains almost 800 million do not have enough food to eat daily in Africa. This reason lead Africa to put greater emphasis on agriculture and supporting their farmers. They achieved to a remarkable goal in cutting the malnourish in half since the 1990. The United States has raised it efforts in the commitment to ending global hunger, poverty, and child malnutrition because of all the

Hunger in America happens every year to homeless people,kids, and adults,as sad as it is even new born babies. This could happen to anyone why? There is several reasons maybe some people don’t have the money. What if you were that person how would you live knowing that your child isn’t getting proper nutrition? Many people don’t seem to realize how much this really happens. one in 7 people in the United States face trying and struggling to get food to eat, and more than 12 million American family’s face hunger. Food insecurity is harmful to all people, but it is especially devastating to children. Proper nutrition is what a child’s needs to help with their development or you can say growing. Did you know that while hunger is nonstop - African

Children are the main targeted group that suffers the most with over 400,000 Ethiopian children being diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition. Abi, a 48 year Ethiopian father, describes how his children had to stop attending primary school due to a lack of food and nutrients needed to concentrate in their studies. The story of Abi is only one of 2.5 million students that the educational system calculates will loose due to the drought. As a result, the cycle of poverty and lack of education will continue with the next generation unless preventative measures are

Poverty is the biggest problem of all in Africa. In addition, it is limiting the blood supply in Africa. Next, because of low blood supply they are not able to help people with the AIDS disease.

William Kamkwanmba lives in Malawi, Africa, where most people grow their own food without the help of electricity or running water. Life is quite difficult here, as only two percent of the Malawians can afford electricity. When William was 14 years old, his life became more difficult due to a drought affecting most family’s ability to grow enough food. “Within five months all Malawians began to starve to death. My family ate one meal per day, at night”, William recalled.

When you watch commercials depicting starvation in African countries like Mali, do you wonder what it would actually take to end hunger? Plenty of answers appear successful in concept, but have unforeseen complications, such as building factories in Africa to produce and process biofuels. And other obstacles such as civil wars, poor sanitation, and massive debt keep countries like Democratic Republic of the Congo from advancing. Maybe we complicate the solution to the hunger crisis by focusing on economy instead of food sustainability. Before a country can advance economically and technologically, it has to be able to feed its inhabitants. Therefore, by altering the crops currently grown in the African savannas to create agricultural sustainability, it will diminish hunger, and lead to economic growth.

“Over 100,000 children under five suffer from acute malnutrition while one child out of three is stunted, or irreversibly short for their age.”(“Hunger”) This staggering statistic is due to one of the world’s biggest problems, hunger. Hunger is a problem that many developing countries face, one of the biggest victims to hunger is the small Caribbean country of Haiti. Hunger in Haiti affects the entire country, from the rural countrysides to the major cities. Though hunger is already a big issue for Haiti, it has gotten worse in the past decade due to the extreme poverty, heavy storms, and natural disasters that the country has faced. “In 1997 some 1.2 million Haitians didn 't have enough food to eat. A decade later the number had more than doubled. Today, that figure is 6.7 million, that goes without food some days, can 't afford a balanced diet or has limited access to food.”(“Goldberg”) Natural disasters and extreme poverty have played large roles in Haiti’s growing hunger problem.

In the 1990’s cereals and grain were popular in Africa, with over 60 percent of the land used for these crops (ita 2004). From the 1930’s to the 1990’s Africa saw a reduction of 13 percent in agriculture’s share (ita 2004). During the 1970’s and 1980’s, there was a period of drought that affected both the crops and native plant in the area (Boffa Dixon Garrity 2012), which may have contributed to the decline of agriculture’s share. Also, in 1992 the production of corn fell from 10 million to 3 million tons, due to the drought (ita 2004).

Today all over the world,there are people who haven’t eaten in days,weeks,and maybe even months.Many food organizations are working to fix it,but the countless number of Africans who live homeless.”In 2012, 501 million people, or 47% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, lived on $1.90 a day or less, a principal factor in causing widespread hunger.” World hunger has been a problem for a long time now. I feel it can be stopped by donations farming and many more food related things.

Agonizing Starvation That Troubles the African Continent An agonizing symphony of growling stomachs sounds in villages throughout Africa as the remembrance of futile labor bitterly lingers in the minds of the villagers. The majority of Africans devote their lives to farming and agriculture, but few benefit as starvation ravishes the continent. Though the majority of Africa’s economy is based on agriculture, the food crisis results from a broad spectrum of causes such as poverty, climate, and disease. Starvation is a global issue, but specifically in Africa, it continues to take the lives of many while little to nothing is being done to prevent it; however, there are many viable solutions offered for this problem.

Anyways, then Malcom went into depth about the three areas of focus for EJN, which are finances, trade and food security. For me, it is important to understand economics, but economics come at a cost. For example, the extractive industry, meaning mining in South Africa is huge and is a significant money maker for the economy. However, mining comes at the cost of environmental degradation and health hazards for communities. Also, Malcom touched on neoliberalism trade policies between industrialized countries and undeveloped countries and the problems with the system.

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), about 70% of the population rely on agriculture [5], either directly or indirectly, and that 95% of this agriculture is primarily rain fed [6]. This explains the role of agriculture for addressing food and nutrition security in poor rural households. The issues of food and nutrition security have been the central development agenda in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the past decades. A lot has been done towards fighting food and nutrition insecurity in the region by allocating significant budget, though the progress is still inadequate.

While the number of individuals living in food insecurity worldwide has dropped significantly over the past decade, there still remains an estimated 805 million people continuing to struggle with hunger every day . The suffering and death that are occurring in these developing nations is not fated, nor inescapable. Countries rife with dissolution, unrelenting poverty, abrasive environmental factors, and lifetimes of economic uncertainty have continued to force millions of men, women, and children into impoverished refugees. Indian economist and humanitarian philosopher Amartya Sen attempts to shed light on the origins of the global hunger situation in his work Poverty and Famines, asserting that famines are caused not by the conventional belief of food shortages, but by how a community’s food is distributed. While crop scarcity, diminished imports, and times of drought are often contributing factors, it is the social systems of the community itself that should be given greater attention. Today, Sen’s work still remains relevant, as humanitarian activists in organizations that focus on eradicating world hunger must heed his advice on better redistribution tactics should they wish to prove successful in their cause. While Sen’s understanding of the famine crisis pertains to a number of communities currently living in starvation, his call for developed redistribution systems fails to apply in communist authoritarian regimes such as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea