Lalaine T.

Leonardo January 17, 2022

BSTM4A Sir Gregorio William
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What are the three (3) new ideas that you have learned from the readings?
 After the first reading entitled Sustainable Economic Systems by Pociennik
Sebatian, I learnt about the importance of sustainability and stability, and from
reading it, I recognized that all businesses and countries should practice and
consider these two concepts. We should all be resourceful and flexible in our
approach to new changes. Sustainability should be implemented in order for an
economy to achieve its long-term goals. I think our economy is concerned with
resource conservation, and the idea is used to identify and explain the current
value of resources as well as their potential future value. To put it another way,
we must conserve finite natural resources today in order for future generations to
be able to meet their own requirements, and that is through sustainability.
 From the second reading entitled Global Food Security: The Challenge of
Feeding the World by Barthwal-Datta Monika, I've learnt that having food security
is vital since food affects every aspect of our lives, particularly our health. The
reading includes three main paradigm shifts that are supposed to have an impact
on food security. The first one is that much of this shift was driven by Amartya
Sen's seminal work, Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and
Deprivation (1981) in which he argued that some of the most devastating famines
of the past century were caused not by lack of food availability, but due to lack of
access to food through decline in entitlements. My understanding to this is that
we have food supply, but the question is do all people have access to it?
Therefore, what I analyzed from the first paradigm shifting is that the access on
the food is important not just the limited availability and supply. We have food
accessibility because we are entitled but there are a lot of people who are
deprived access to the food. That is the reality.
 It is also essential for everyone to have livelihood security as a major component
of food security. This is what I learned from the second paradigm shifting as
according to the second reading, livelihood security is a key household priority
and component of food security, shaping decisions around whether to go hungry
in the short term to preserve livelihood-sustaining assets in the long term. Thus,
to have access, so you will not be deprived, you need livelihood security.
Furthermore, the third paradigm taught me that people's food preferences are
now being considered, implying that there is growth, improvement, and
advancement. This is because in the past, preferences were not fully considered.
You don't have many options when it comes to the food in there.
How would you connect yourself with its content?
 I believe I would link myself to this information in such a way that the contents
and lessons taught me how privileged I am. My family is lucky in that they can
afford to provide me with an excellent and proper education. In this way, I could
acquire these lessons and put them into practice in my daily life. First and
 foremost, I'm talking about stability and long-term sustainability. For example, I
could encourage or suggest this to my future businesses so that our economy is
not harmed and future generations gain. In addition, I'd like to make a connection
with the issue of food security. By understanding these, I've realized how
privileged I am to be able to chose what I want to eat or buy at the market, and
as a result, I can state that I have a wide range of foods that can give me with
nourishment. I should be appreciative because not everyone has that level of
access or food security. Some of them will have to work harder than we
anticipate.
Would you share these new information to other people if given a chance?
Why? How?
 Yes, I would pass this information on to others. As I indicated in my response to
the second question, I would like to promote or suggest this to my future
employers or organizations so that they may put what they've learned into
practice. I'd want to share this because I believe it has the potential to transform
people's minds on food security, stability, and sustainability. They must learn not
to waste resources and to pass it on to future generations. I am confident that
what I have learned will result in big changes and improvements for the country's
benefit.