CSR Report on Poverty and Hunger
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
ANALYSIS
OF
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 1:
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
a. Target 1A
b. Target 1B
3. Some Corporate Initiatives in India
4. Critical Analysis and Advice
5. References
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GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
INTRODUCTION
Extreme poverty, absolute poverty, abject poverty, is stated as “a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services.
Hunger is a term which has two meanings
The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. the want or scarcity of food in a country
World hunger refers to the second definition, aggregated to the world level.
Malnutrition is a general term that indicates a lack of some or all nutritional elements necessary for human health.
In a world of plenty, a huge number go hungry. Hunger is more than just the result of food production and meeting demands. The causes of hunger are related to the causes of poverty. One of the major causes of hunger is poverty itself.
About 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes. This is one person every three and a half seconds. Unfortunately, it is children who die most often. Yet there is plenty of food in the world for everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day. The problem is that hungry people are trapped in severe poverty. They lack the money to buy enough food to nourish them. Being constantly malnourished, they
ANALYSIS
OF
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 1:
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
a. Target 1A
b. Target 1B
3. Some Corporate Initiatives in India
4. Critical Analysis and Advice
5. References
Page 2 of 17
GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
INTRODUCTION
Extreme poverty, absolute poverty, abject poverty, is stated as “a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services.
Hunger is a term which has two meanings
The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. the want or scarcity of food in a country
World hunger refers to the second definition, aggregated to the world level.
Malnutrition is a general term that indicates a lack of some or all nutritional elements necessary for human health.
In a world of plenty, a huge number go hungry. Hunger is more than just the result of food production and meeting demands. The causes of hunger are related to the causes of poverty. One of the major causes of hunger is poverty itself.
About 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes. This is one person every three and a half seconds. Unfortunately, it is children who die most often. Yet there is plenty of food in the world for everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day. The problem is that hungry people are trapped in severe poverty. They lack the money to buy enough food to nourish them. Being constantly malnourished, they
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