What did you learn about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator? Now imagine that you could translate what you learned into an effective societal policy on food- what would it be? And how would this policy effect the need to alleviate world hunger?
925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!
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World Hunger Statistics and Prevention
The number of people suffering from chronic hunger worldwide has climbed to 783 million as of 2022. Over 40 million people are facing emergency levels of hunger across 51 countries. The situation has gotten so serious in the last couple of years that many countries are now at the risk of famine. Research says someone is starved to death once every ten seconds. There is enough food to feed everyone on the planet but it's inaccessible to people in poorer countries. It doesn't help that on average a person will waste about a pound of food per day. The leading cause of malnourishment is poverty. Communities are too poor to provide a sufficient amount of food. Weather can also disrupt agricultural food production for long periods of time. Children are most vulnerable. 3.1 million children die each year from starvation and almost 100 million children under 5 experienced stunted growth. Without enough food, people who experience food insecurity may have difficulty concentrating, have low energy, or miss school and work due to illness. The easiest thing to do to help is try not to waste so much food. 40% of food is wasted because people buy more food than they can consume. You can prevent overbuying by creating a meal plan and by taking an inventory so you know what you have before shopping. Another way is to save leftovers. You can creatively insert them into your next meal. If you want to do more than just the bare minimum you could volunteer with friends, family, coworkers, or social groups for your local food pantry or soup kitchen. Lots of agricultural disruption is because of natural disasters. If there is a natural disaster near your area, you could help fix the damages and speed up the process it takes to get food production up and running again. You could also donate to one of the many organizations fighting hunger. It will take a lot of help but it is do-able.
https://www.wfp.org/ending-hunger
https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/the … ger-facts/
https://www.heifer.org/blog/understandi … urity.html
https://concernusa.org/news/world-hunger-facts/