APJ Abdul Kalam

INTRODUCTIONSome people in India, and even the world do not get

meals . These are called FOOD PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.

The following can led to food problems-

Poverty

Food Wastage

Natural Disasters

Climate and Weather

In this project, we have included some countries having food problems and the measures to be taken to resolve the grave issue affecting world wide.

FLAG OF BANGLADESH

WHY IS THERE FOOD SHORTAGE?

BANGLADESH is beset with many problems. Food problem is the one

and the most serious of all. Increasing population is the major cause

of food problem. Every year Bangladesh is losing about 80 thousand

hectares of its cultivable land due to the following factors-

HOUSING, SETTING UP INDUSTRIES, SCHOOL, COLLEGE,

HOSPITAL, CONSTRUCTING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, AND

OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.

Statistics show that if this rate goes on , Bangladesh will have no

agricultural land after 2080.Weather conditions are also a problem for

food problems. Latest monsoon rains have broken the river banks,

causing severe flooding and displacing agricultural lands.

FLAG OF CONGO

Democratic republic of Congo has many issues within their nation and hunger being a huge issue. Hunger is a real problem within the world. In 2010 it was reported that 925million people go hungry each year in Congo. Hunger issues in Congo are really bad. A report done by International Food Policy Research Institute putted Congo the worst country in Global Hunger Index. Factors building the food problems in Congo are-

Civil Wars,

Natural Disasters

Climate

A normal Congo person eats only one meal a day . Thousands of children remain hungry for months and 16,000 people die every day because of hunger. If this continues, soon no one will be living in Congo.

FAO (FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL

ORGANISATION) is a United Nations Agency

which helps in providing food for all. Its main

aim is “freedom from hunger”. It makes

available the resources for improving food

production. It is done by providing countries

with better seeds , controlling crop and animal

diseases , by improving irrigation facilities , by

providing better means of conservation of soil

and forests , etc.

FAO –FIRST TO HELP

BANGLADESH

FAO was one of the first international agencies

to extend a considerable amount of assistance

to Bangladesh to support relief and

rehabilitation. Bangladesh has had some

success in reducing its number of hungry

people because of FAO only.

ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FAO

FOR BANGLADESH

Bangladesh has made substantial progress in

increasing food grain production over the last

two decades. The production of food grains in

2002-03 was 26.70 million metric tons, which

reached 28.60 million tons in the year 2003-

04 which improved overall food security

situation. Thus per capita availability of food

grains (rice+wheat) for FY03 was 202

kgs/capita/year.

Poverty head count ratio remains at the level of 44.3% ( 5.5 million people lying under food-based absolute poverty line). The hard core poverty head count ratio, though, declined over the years still counts more than 24.5 million people. Both rural and urban Poor have low incomes and thus low purchasing powers, which increase the chances of consuming food of poorer quality that may well be also unsafe.

ACTIONS TAKEN BY FAO FOR CONGO

FAO has helped and also helping Congo to

reduce Congo ‘s hungry population in the

recent years by the following methods-

FAO collects donation of food items and

send to Congo to save thousands of hungry

population.

FAO asked the Congo Government to take

action for saving agricultural lands and use

hybride seeds to increase agricultural

production .

World Food Day:The Wonder of Food

“There is enough to feed every person on the planet so no one should go hungry”. With this motive, on the eve of World Food Day – OCTOBER,

16, 2014 a group – ‘FOOD SAVIOUR’ was formed.

OUR MOTIVE:After all, hunger can affect anyone and unemployment has caused an enormous rise in hunger and hardship across the world .We are lucky enough to have enough food to eat everyday and think about how we

can take action to help those people who are not so lucky: people who face the agonizing question every day, ‘where is my next meal coming

from?’

Course of action

Sensitize other students for the need to help through:

PPT

Posters

Awareness

March to create awareness

Slogans

Collection of dry food.

Connect with NGO.

…to help feed those who need it.

This is our earnest effort towards the noble cause of sensitizing and urging the masses to use food in a judicious way so the resources reach the needy and starving souls of the world.

Let’s not fail to stir and emote the humane and sympathetic emotions to lighten and paths of the less fortunate and down-trodden.In our efforts in the same regard, we wish you to go through the following questionnaire and promote your feedback to improvise conscious attempts.

Q1 WHAT IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF FOOD

PROBLEM IN BANGLADESH?

ANS. INCREASE IN POPULATION

OR

SCARCITY OF RESOURCES

Q2.WHAT IS FAO?

ANS. FOOD AGRICULTURAL

ORGANIZATION

Q3. WHAT DOES FAO PROPAGATE?

ANS. NO WASTAGE OF FOOD

OR

CONSUMPTION OF HEALTHY FOOD

Q4. WHAT AFFECTS THE CULTIVABLE

LAND OF BANGLADESH?

ANS. NATURAL DISASTERS

OR

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Q5. WHAT IS THE MAIN AIM OF FAO?

ANS. TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FOOD

OR

FREEDOM FROM HUNGER

Q6. TRUE OR FALSE: THERE IS ENOUGH

FOOD IN THE WORLD FOR EVERYONE.

ANS. TRUE

OR

FALSE

Q7. WHICH OF THE NO.1 HEALTH RISK IN

THE WORLD?

ANS. MALARIA

OR

HUNGER

Q8. WHAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT

FORM OF MALNUTRITION?

ANS. IRON DEFICIENCY

OR

VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

Q9. WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF

MALNOURISHED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE IS

EQUAL TO

ANS. POPULATION OF USA

POPULATION OF CANADA

POPULATION OF EUROPE

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Q10. WHY IS IT DIFFICULT TO COMBAT THE

PROBLEM OF HUNGER IN THIRD WORLD

COUNTRIES?

ANS. BECAUSE HUNGER KILLS THE PEOPLE

WHO WOULD PRODUCE THE FOOD

OR

BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT MANY

ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SOLVING THE

PROBLEM OF WORLD HUNGER

DISCUSS WITH YOUR STUDENTS

THE MAIN FACTORS PORTRAYED IN

THE SLIDES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO

THE FOOD INSECURITY. WAS IT

LACK OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT,

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION,

LACK OF RESOURCES, OR

POVERTY?