I'm currently looking through "Food Insecurities Of The World" by the FAO, or the Food Agricultural Organisation. It's saying that despite our efforts, we've only reduced the number of hungry by 9 million people in the developed, which is a good thing, but not what they were looking to accomplish. In fact, the number of problems has increased since the last five years.
However, half the countries in the developed world (30) have shown large potentials for increase in food security.
Examples of food security:
- Brazil's Zero Hunger Programme has bought food for school lunch programs and have provided food safety nets for small to medium sized farms.
- India's "White Revolution", or its increase in production of milk. It's risen from only 30 million tonnes to 86 million tonnes from 1980 to 2003. Milk has become much more available to people and seeing that it's a nutritious source of vitamins and amino acids (if it's unpasteurized). This is important because that many from that country are vegetarian, and they rely on animal products for certain supplements.
- The South African Government has taken some action towards food issues with their "National Food Security Draft Bill", making food a right, and not just something that's earned through work.
- The UN Millennium Development Goals and the Rome Declaration pledge to reduce hunger by half by 2015
- The Task Force has called for increased support for small farmers to improve soil fertility, water management, improve seeds, and complete restoration of exhausted resources,.
My Opinions of Food Security:
- Not relying on multinational cooperations like Monsanto, or any GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) nor the company that provides them. They made farmers from countries such as India completely dependent on them, starting a downward cycle often leading towards either bankruptcy and/or suicide.
- Return to organic farming. Pesticides and herbicides completely destroy the foundation of the earth and causes run-off, reducing the fertility of soil. Hummus and topsoil has been greatly reduced in the U.S.
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