Food Security
Principles to Economics
30.501
Term I 2015
Lecturer : Peter Chan
Assignment
Interdiciplinary Essay: Food Security in Developing and Undeveloped countries
Due: 25 June 2015
Student Name: YU
Student ID # 2151242 Food security has been a vital problem in the world over the past two decades, especially in undeveloped and developing countries. Food security is defined as “the state of having reliable access to an adequate, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life” (The World Food Summit, 1996). Unfortunately, food security has decreased in both undeveloped and developing countries, this has affected on people’s health, environment as well as economic.
To begin with, food insecurity and poverty are problems that are faced by undeveloped and developing countries. According to The Hunger Map, in Afghanistan, proportion of undernourished in total population is 26.8%, Ethiopia has 32% of its population are undernourished, in Namibia, the proportion is 42.3% while this percentage in Zambia has reached 47.8%,… It is easy to observe that most of the countries has highest proportion of undernourished are undeveloped and developing countries which have slow economic development. In other words, food security and economic growth have a mutual interaction. It is only in a sustainable economy that the societies can solve the problems of hunger and famine, while food prices and agriculture can influence a country’s economy. Therefore, food insecurity and hunger can be blamed for poverty because of inability to buy food or lack of food resources. Even though Africa and Asia mostly are agricultural country with high quantity of exported agricultural products yet they have to face the most severe consequences of famine and food safety on many aspects especially people’s health. For instance, in those undeveloped countries they have poor quality of food which can affect negatively on human health. People in these countries do not have enough
30.501
Term I 2015
Lecturer : Peter Chan
Assignment
Interdiciplinary Essay: Food Security in Developing and Undeveloped countries
Due: 25 June 2015
Student Name: YU
Student ID # 2151242 Food security has been a vital problem in the world over the past two decades, especially in undeveloped and developing countries. Food security is defined as “the state of having reliable access to an adequate, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life” (The World Food Summit, 1996). Unfortunately, food security has decreased in both undeveloped and developing countries, this has affected on people’s health, environment as well as economic.
To begin with, food insecurity and poverty are problems that are faced by undeveloped and developing countries. According to The Hunger Map, in Afghanistan, proportion of undernourished in total population is 26.8%, Ethiopia has 32% of its population are undernourished, in Namibia, the proportion is 42.3% while this percentage in Zambia has reached 47.8%,… It is easy to observe that most of the countries has highest proportion of undernourished are undeveloped and developing countries which have slow economic development. In other words, food security and economic growth have a mutual interaction. It is only in a sustainable economy that the societies can solve the problems of hunger and famine, while food prices and agriculture can influence a country’s economy. Therefore, food insecurity and hunger can be blamed for poverty because of inability to buy food or lack of food resources. Even though Africa and Asia mostly are agricultural country with high quantity of exported agricultural products yet they have to face the most severe consequences of famine and food safety on many aspects especially people’s health. For instance, in those undeveloped countries they have poor quality of food which can affect negatively on human health. People in these countries do not have enough
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