Short Summary: Hunger In America

The majority of the population in America would probably use the word “hunger” to describe their mid-afternoon craving for a candy bar or handful of potato chips. Most American’s do not recognize what true hunger is because it is not something that we are faced with every day (Sanchez & Swaminathan, 2005). The United States is fortunate enough to have had fewer than 6% of families with very low food security, according to Nord, Coleman-Jensen, Andrews and Carlson (2010) with the United States Department of Agriculture. According to their study, food insecurity occurs when access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money or resources (Nord, et al., 2009). These statistics are in stark contrast to the rest of the world, where the total
218). In reference to the sensitivity needed when teaching these new methods to established farmers, it is important to remember that they are not to be taught as simple minded and uneducated, but as having established practices, experiences, techniques and knowledge of the crops they cultivate that stretches centuries. In this regard, it must also be remembered that the hope that biotechnology offers to end hunger in these communities belongs to the farmers that implement them, not only the scientists that develop them (Machuka, 2001). Equally important to the success of biotechnology is that scientists and extensionists interact with farmers to attain acceptance and use of new technologies for sustainable food production and development. Without education and acceptance by farmers, implementation of these programs will fail and without encouragement and allowance by local and national government leaders, provincial farmers will not ever get the opportunity for education and
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