Ending Hunger Worldwide

Author : George Kent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317260493

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Why does hunger persist in a world of plenty? Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges the naive notion that everyone wants hunger to end, arguing that the powerful care - but not enough to make a difference. George Kent argues that the central focus in overcoming hunger should be on building stronger communities. It is these communities which can provide mutual support to ensure that people don't go hungry. Kent demonstrates that there is not a shortage of food but of what Amartya Sen terms 'opportunities', and that developing tight-knit communities will lead to more opportunities for the hungry and undernourished. Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges dominant market-led solutions, and will be essential reading for activists, NGO workers and development students looking for a fresh perspective.

Author : Thomas J. Bassett,Alex Winter-Nelson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226039084

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The Atlas of World Hunger by Thomas J. Bassett,Alex Winter-Nelson Pdf

Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be “making sure that people are able to get enough to eat.” The United States spends about five billion dollars on food aid and related programs each year, but still, both domestically and internationally, millions of people are hungry. In 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations counted 850 million hungry people worldwide, but as food prices soared, an additional 100 million or more who were vulnerable succumbed to food insecurity. If hunger were simply a matter of food production, no one would go without. There is more than enough food produced annually to provide every living person with a healthy diet, yet so many suffer from food shortages, unsafe water, and malnutrition every year. That’s because hunger is a complex political, economic, and ecological phenomenon. The interplay of these forces produces a geography of hunger that Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson illuminate in this empowering book. The Atlas of World Hunger uses a conceptual framework informed by geography and agricultural economics to present a hunger index that combines food availability, household access, and nutritional outcomes into a single tool—one that delivers a fuller understanding of the scope of global hunger, its underlying mechanisms, and the ways in which the goals for ending hunger can be achieved. The first depiction of the geography of hunger worldwide, the Atlas will be an important resource for teachers, students, and anyone else interested in understanding the geography and causes of hunger. This knowledge, the authors argue, is a critical first step toward eliminating unnecessary suffering in a world of plenty.

Author : C. Ford Runge,Benjamin Senauer,Philip G. Pardey,Mark W. Rosegrant
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801877261

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Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime by C. Ford Runge,Benjamin Senauer,Philip G. Pardey,Mark W. Rosegrant Pdf

At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our lifetime. They first distill what is already known about fighting hunger and then report on important new research findings and projections that show it can be done, through new and renewed institutions, scientific innovation, global economics and investment, and sustainable environmental practices. Although the book encompasses a wide array of ideas, arguments, facts, and figures, it is not a dry, academic text. Anyone wanting a better understanding of poverty and hunger and how to end it will benefit from reading it.

Author : Liz Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134774937

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World Hunger by Liz Young Pdf

World Hunger explores the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger, explaining why hunger still persists while agricultural production increases and genetic engineering revolutionises food production and distribution. Numerous case studies, drawn from the North and South, illustrate the diversity of diets in the world and the connections between the global and local. Globalisation and access to food in the global supermarket is examined. Explaining the essential political character of hunger, the author exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged and it becomes possible to envisage a world where hunger is history.

Author : Hunger Project
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Food relief
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039979781

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Ending Hunger by Hunger Project Pdf

Ending Hunger Is Not Only A Book But Also An Opportunity. It Is The Opportunity To Create The End Of Hunger, An Idea Whose Time Has Come. Contents: Ending Hunger: The Time To Begin Is Now - Basic Facts About World Hunger - Introduction To The Issues - Population - Food - Foreign Aid - National Security - New International Economic Order - The End Of World Hunger - Appendix. Like New.

Author : International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Accelerating the end of hunger and malnutrition: A global event: Synopsis by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Pdf

Author : von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,Nabarro, David,Prasai, Nilam,Amin, Shazia,Yohannes, Yisehac,Sonntag, Andrea,Patterson, Fraser,Towey, Olive,Thompson, Jennifer
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896292260

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2016 Global hunger index by von Grebmer, Klaus,Bernstein, Jill,Nabarro, David,Prasai, Nilam,Amin, Shazia,Yohannes, Yisehac,Sonntag, Andrea,Patterson, Fraser,Towey, Olive,Thompson, Jennifer Pdf

The 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger, focusing on how the world can get to Zero Hunger by 2030. The developing world has made substantial progress in reducing hunger since 2000. The 2016 GHI shows that the level of hunger in developing countries as a group has fallen by 29 percent. Yet this progress has been uneven, and great disparities in hunger continue to exist at the regional, national, and subnational levels. Levels of hunger are still serious or alarming in 50 countries. The highest hunger levels are still found in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia. Although GHI scores for these two regions have declined over time, the current levels remain close to the alarming category. Africa south of the Sahara has achieved the largest absolute improvement since 2000 and South Asia has also seen a sizable reduction—but the decline in hunger must accelerate in these regions if the world is to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. The 2016 report, with an essay from United Nations Special Adviser David Nabarro, hails the new paradigm of international development proposed in the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which envisages Zero Hunger by 2030, as one goal among 17, in a holistic, integrated, and transformative plan for the world. To get to Zero Hunger while leaving no one behind, the 2016 GHI highlights the importance of identifying the regions, countries, and populations that are most vulnerable to hunger and undernutrition so progress can be accelerated there.

Author : Frances Moore Lappé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0935028005

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World hunger by Frances Moore Lappé Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,International Fund for Agricultural Development,World Food Programme,World Health Organization,The United Nations Children's Fund
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251329016

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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,International Fund for Agricultural Development,World Food Programme,World Health Organization,The United Nations Children's Fund Pdf

Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting in a substantial downward shift of the series of the number of undernourished in the world. Nevertheless, the revision confirms the trend reported in past editions: the number of people affected by hunger globally has been slowly on the rise since 2014. The report also shows that the burden of malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a challenge. There has been some progress for child stunting, low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding, but at a pace that is still too slow. Childhood overweight is not improving and adult obesity is on the rise in all regions. The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are also not on track to meet global nutrition targets. The food security and nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report puts a spotlight on diet quality as a critical link between food security and nutrition. Meeting SDG 2 targets will only be possible if people have enough food to eat and if what they are eating is nutritious and affordable. The report also introduces new analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy diets around the world, by region and in different development contexts. It presents valuations of the health and climate-change costs associated with current food consumption patterns, as well as the potential cost savings if food consumption patterns were to shift towards healthy diets that include sustainability considerations. The report then concludes with a discussion of the policies and strategies to transform food systems to ensure affordable healthy diets, as part of the required efforts to end both hunger and all forms of malnutrition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Food relief
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123547023

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Are We on Track to End Hunger? by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fan, Shenggen,Headey, Derek D.,Laborde Debucquet, David,Mason-D’Croz, Daniel,Rue, Christopher,Sulser, Timothy B.,Wiebe, Keith D.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896292994

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Quantifying the cost and benefits of ending hunger and undernutrition: Examining the differences among alternative approaches by Fan, Shenggen,Headey, Derek D.,Laborde Debucquet, David,Mason-D’Croz, Daniel,Rue, Christopher,Sulser, Timothy B.,Wiebe, Keith D. Pdf

This brief examines estimates produced by several recent model simulations and frameworks that focus on the cost of ending hunger as well as progress toward other development goals—estimates that range from US$7 billion to US$265 billion per year. The differences among these estimates are largely attributable to the different targeted objectives and policy questions of each modeling exercise, different investment strategies considered, and varying assumptions about the role of different sectors in reducing hunger.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789251079508

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Ending Hunger Challenge Badge by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The purpose of the United Nations challenge badges is to raise awareness, educate and, most of all, motivate young people to change their behavior and be active agents of change in their local communities. Challenge badges are appropriate for use with school classes and youth groups, and are endorsed by WAGGGS and WOSM. They include a wide range of activities and ideas that can easily be adapted by teachers or leaders. Additional badges are available or are being developed on a number of other topics, including: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Forests, Governance, Nutrition, the Ocean, Soils and Water. The Ending Hunger Challenge Badge is designed to help educate children and young people about the effects of hunger in the world and how we can put an end to it. This material is appropriate for use in school classes, Guide or Scout groups or youth meetings generally. It includes a wide range of activities and ideas to stimulate learning about hunger and nutrition issues, while motivating children and young people to get involved in the fight against world hunger.

Author : William Lambers
Publisher : William Lambers
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780972462983

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Ending World Hunger by William Lambers Pdf

Author : Saltzman, Amy,Birol, Ekin,Wiesman, Doris,Prasai, Nilam,Yohannes, Yisehac,Menon, Purnima,Thompson, Jennifer
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896299580

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2014 Global Hunger Index by Saltzman, Amy,Birol, Ekin,Wiesman, Doris,Prasai, Nilam,Yohannes, Yisehac,Menon, Purnima,Thompson, Jennifer Pdf

With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved since 1990, falling by 39 percent, according to the 2014 GHI. Despite progress made, the level of hunger in the world is still “serious,” with 805 million people continuing to go hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The global average obscures dramatic differences across regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores—and therefore the highest hunger levels—are in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia, which have also experienced the greatest absolute improvements since 2005. South Asia saw the steepest absolute decline in GHI scores since 1990. Progress in addressing child underweight was the main factor behind the improved GHI score for the region since 1990.

Author : Joseph Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134183425

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World Hunger by Joseph Collins Pdf

The revised edition of this text includes substantial new material on hunger in the aftermath of the Cold War; global food productioin versus population growth; changing demographics and falling birth rates around the world; the shifting focus of foreign assistance in the new world order; structural adjustment and other budget-slashing policies; trade liberalization and free trade agreements; famine and humanitarian interventions; and the thrid worldization of developed nations.