Kimberly Mega Food Scarcity Tues April 22nd 11:00 pm
The people of Latin America are having a hard time paying for food staples due to rising global food prices. This is significantly increasing the rate and risk of malnutrition as well. Some of the world’ s food-importing countries with the lowest income are in Central America. There was a recent food riot in Haiti, the only country with a “food crisis”, over the high prices of beans and rice. Latin America produced forty percent more food than it needs but there is no sufficient income distribution, leaving 50 million undernourished. Some causes of the rising food prices are the strong demand of the Asian market, adverse climate, and the increased use of corn as ethanol in the United States. The local government is discussing adding levies to food exports and tax breaks on imports. A program is being started called “Zero Hunger” to reduce poverty in some regions. Also an emphasis on family agriculture is being made as a way to boost food supply, since small scale farmers make up forty percent of the food production. It seems like every week there is the same article, only about a different country. All over the world people are starving and conditions only get worse. Will there be any end to world hunger or will we be an example of survival of the fittest? Fuel and food prices will probably never decrease unless we find an unknown resource that will help us. All these current events about malnutrition leave me wondering and hoping for what seems a miracle.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7464310
1 comment:
Its scary to think that it is possible not to afford the food that is most basic and most important to your nutrition. I can't imagine not being able to get enough food to feed myself, this is a serious problem.
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