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Hungerunger

Submitted By :Patanjali Kumar

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KSRM(09-11)


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Figures that frightened

Everyday 923 millionsof people in this worldare sleeping withoutfood

The situation is worst.in developing countries

The poverty is the main

.devil for this sin


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Reasons :Conflict and political

instability

Poverty and food insecurity

Illiteracy of people speciallywomen

High prevalence ofHIV/AIDS

Natural disasters likeTsunami

Lack of general freedom interms of political rights and

civil libertiesSome ne ative trends in


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India : Where We Stand? India, the worlds largest food grain producer, also has the worlds largest

hungry population -- over 200 million. It ranks a poor 66th among 88developing and transitional countries in the 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI-2008), says a report released by the Washington-based International FoodPolicy Research Institute (IFPRI), ahead of World Food Day (October 16).

Among the 17 major Indian states, Madhya Pradesh had the most severe

hunger levels, followed by Jharkhand and Bihar. Even states that

experienced good economic growth like Maharashtra, Gujarat andChhattisgarh had high levels of hunger.

Hunger levels ranged from serious to extremely alarming, with 12 states in

the alarming category. Not one state witnessed low hunger or moderatehunger. Even relatively prosperous Punjab, and other states like Kerala,Haryana and Assam now fall within the serious bracket.

Indias slightly better performance over Bangladesh was because of higheragricultural productivity. But it fared worse than Bangladesh in the area ofchild mortality.

Indias poor performance was driven by its high child under nutrition and

calorie insufficiency. Underweight children made the greatest contributionto the ISHI in most states, followed by calorie deficiency and child mortality.In states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, calorie deficiency contributed as much


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Steps that should betaken

National, regional and internationalcooperation to enhance food security andreduce trade distortions.

There should be social safety nets to

minimize the consequences on the poor ofthe global economic slowdown and higherfood and energy prices.

Increase emergency food aid to enable WFPand other food-aid programmers toprovide emergency food assistance.

Promote midday meal schemes.

Transform agriculture in order to ensurelong-term, sustainable productivity

increases and a more diversified


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contd..Promote livelihood to lower class and lower

middle class.Some more action plans for the rural population

like NREGA and done with more transparency.

Government should work together with NGOsand Corporate sectors to overcome with it.

Develop, for both urban and rural areas, theinfrastructure and services that will enhancethe productive capacity of enterprises andfacilitate integration into the global economy.

Adopt urban development policies that willupgrade slums and improve the availability ofbasic services.

Promote literacy schemes for both boys andgirls so that the literacy level will reach to

100%.Prevent wasta e of foods at reat level.



Suggestions by FAOAccording to Food & Agricultureorganization(FAO), to break the hunger povertytrap, action is urgently needed on two frontsmaking food accessible to the most vulnerable,and helping small producers raise their outputsand earn more.

They recommend twin track approach which aimsto create opportunities for the hungry to

improve their livelihoods by promotingagricultural and rural development which alsoinvolves policies and programmes, such associal safety which enables direct andimmediate access to food by the hungry.



But Who cares?Primarily households are throwing

away in the order of 25 percentof the food that they are buying.Most of which is also perfectly fit

for eating.In rich nations, food is generallyplentiful and affordable. As aresult, leftovers after a meal areoften discarded. The report says

only in the United States, 48billion dollars worth of food isthrown away each year.(VOA)

Wastage of food grain from thefield to the market is also high.

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