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Hunger Essay
Hunger Essay
According to recently published Global Hunger Index, India is ranked 63rd (out of 120) behind the sub
Saharan countries which is a grave matter of concern.
Global Hunger Index is kind of measurement of upto what extent a country is succeeding or failing in fight
against hunger.
Global hunger index is calculated using 3 indicators:
1. Proportion of people undernourished
2. Proportion of children five who are under weight ( > 40% in cae of India)
3. Mortality rate of children under 6 years age
According to another survey, 1/7th of the total world population goes hungry every day. Which means the
problem of hunger has to be addressed globally too.
One of the fundamental acts of civilization is to ensure that people get enough food as hunger is not
negotiable thing. We need to identify the causes and effective implementation of beautifully crafted policies.
Is it the scarcity of food the reason for worldwide hunger? Yes it is but the major factor is unavailability of
food. Enough food is produced globally so that no one goes hungry but the problem is food doesnt reach the
needy. We need to stress on efficient management of food so that no one stays hungry.
Hunger: is not merely going without food for few hours but upto such an extent that it is deleterious to
ones health. Going hungry consistently for days deprives body of the essential nutrients, proteins and
energy that is needde to keep going. This leads to decrease in mental and physical capabilities of the person.
Effect of hunger on society:
1. Mother giving birth to malnourished child as she suffers from hunger, the malnourished child instead
5. Innovative approach
a) The school feeding programme helps to eliminate hunger and also gives add on benefit of
education to children. Also it protects children from getting into begging for satisfying the
hunger. It also curbs child labor. School feeding programme can be associated with small and
marginal farmers to give them platform to sell their produce.
For instance, Brazil runs school feeding programmes for which 1/3rd of food is to be mandatorily
procured from small and marginal farmers.
b) Call for food
Recently started in US. Left over or excess food at homes, hotels, restaurants can be given to the
needy just by making a simple phone call. The volunteers come at your doorsteps to collect the
food and then distribute to the needy.
6. Involving other fronts to participate.
We can involve NGOs, non-profit organizations, social activist to come forward and contribute for
the human cause. Their ideas and initiatives should be encouraged and implemented. E.g. Bill and
Melinda gates foundation- providing food or millions
7. Government reforms.
Having immensely talented bureaucrats crafting world class, policies for peoples welfare is not the
end. Well intentioned schemes should be properly implemented to get desired results.better
outcomes of policies beeter crop yield-decrease in hunger state