hunger by chi-eun
DESCRIPTION
final presentation in ESL classTRANSCRIPT
Statistic of World Hunger
• Total : about 841 million• Under five years old : 153 million• Dying children : 6 million
World Hunger is a serious problem !!!
Who is Hungry?
People in developed countries
BUT !!!
Nowadays also advanced countries suffering from hunger, because of the poverty
The Extent of the Problem
• 40,000 children under age five die every day from hunger and preventable diseases.
• The loss of human life from hunger is greater than if an atomic bomb were to be dropped on a densely populated area every three days.
• One in every five people in the world is hungry.
• More people have died from hunger in the past two years that were killed in World War I and World War II combined.
• 70% of childhood deaths are associated with malnutrition and preventable diseases.
• 70% of people in Asia live in extreme poverty.
World Hunger’s Factors
Political
Environmental
Economical
Political Factors
EFFECT
Destroys crops
Food – political weapon
Takes labors and other resources
Military Spending
Disproportionate of government money
Behest of more powerful nations
Security Aid
Economical Factors
Imbalance of the international trade
External debt
Hunger
Small family farmers
Powerful agribusinesses
SHUT
OUt
R E S U L T
Low price of goods
Farmers can’t make their living
NAFTA, GATT
Influence negatively to foreign aid
Multinational corporations have more free to trade
Environmental Factors
Land degradation & Clearly cut land
Produce fewer or no crops
Easy to damage From drought,
floods, or heavy winds
HUNGER
Stop Blaming the Weather
food production grown faster then population
Because of the innovation. It made technology better such as hybrid seeds, fertilizers and so on.
WHY ???
malnourishment?
Especially, underfed children succumb more easily to disease, and are often stunted both physically and mentally, making it harder for them to earn a living as adults.
RESULT ???
Bad government lead to hunger?
YES !!!
Congo ~~~
What Poor countries need?
private property; own their land.
Biggest favor; rich countries -> poor countries
To give less aid-to their own farmers
(rich countries)
Farmers are protected in rich countries.
HOW ???
Subsideshigh tariffsimport quotasa tangle of other barriers masquerading as health and safety standards.
Poor Nations Denounce U.S Farm Subsides
Protectionism Adds to Hunger, Critics Say
Only way to alleviate world hunger?
- by, leader of developing nations.
- United Nations World Food Summit
Free Trade
How can biotechnology fight hunger?
By increasing productivityBy improving crop qualityBy reducing the need for chemical pesticides.
Main causes of food shortages
Wars Protectionism in agriculture products in Europe, the U.S.A., China, India, and Japan. Protectionism in value-added products in the part of the same countries.
Effects of the high level of U.S. farm subsides
It depresses prices and effectively shuts their producers
from developing nations.
Suggested Solution … IDE
IDE
Boulder-Denver area’s NGO
To develop and disseminate affordable,
low-tech ways to water their fields