Thursday, February 7, 2013

Food Insecurity

Food Insecurity

Who is affected?

- People below the poverty line.
- People who do not make a minimum wage
- Under developed countries

How many are affected?
- Millions

Is this a major problem?
- Yes, because not being able to get three healthy meals a day will lead to an unhealthy life

What are some solutions?
- Making food more accessible to many more people
- Lowering the food prices so that people can afford food
- Finding a way to produce more food
-Education, so that children now will later have jobs and be able to afford food.

What is the local/ National Perspective?
- India is a developing country and many can afford food, however there are still many more who go without having three proper meals a day.
- In India the prices of vegetables, such as onions, keep rising, this makes it hard for citizens to afford basic food.

What is the Global Perspective?
- Organizations like the UN, WHO and the local governments of a country do try hard to decrease the gap between the rich and the poor. This will hopefully give more equality and access to food across the different parts of society
- All parts of society have the right to afford basic food.
- Food production needs to increase
- access to food needs to be made easier.


What is mentioned as the causes of the problem?
- Disaster, migration, famine, conflict

What are some solutions?
- Double food production given the same amount of land.
- Genetically modify animals and plants.
- Taking better care of the: animals, plants, land, soil
- investing in agriculture, local farmers
- better access to sanitation

What is the purpose of the video?
- The need to give to the less fortunate.
- Caring for others, they are also human

What are the basic claims being made?
-To give back.
- It doesn't matter what caste you are from or what country, you should give back to society.


Do you agree/disagree?
- I agree, we should give back to society and help the helpless.

Factual or story?
- This is a story, however, a story with a lot of meaning and purpose.
- There are billions out there who do not get proper nutrition and others who waste tons of food every day.
- We should make the effort to give back to society

No comments:

Post a Comment