2. Hunger Isn't a Necessity
As of 2014, an estimated one out
of every nine people in the world
were suffering from chronic
malnutrition (World Hunger, 2015)
Hunger kills more people each
year than AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis combined (Corgan,
2015).
Even in the comparatively wealthy
developed nations, there is an
estimated eleven million who are
malnourished (World Hunger,
2015).
3. Legislation is Important
• France passed a law that would make it
illegal to destroy or toss out food that
remains edible.
• Petitions have been signed with the goal
of bringing the law to the rest of Europe.
4. • Truckloads of food
are wasted.
• Often due to over-
aggressive sell dates
– packaging has been
compromised
– dented cans
• What if the United
States followed
France's example?
Wastefulness is Important
5. Wastefulness is Important
• Restaurants account for 15% of all food waste
– Suppliers account for 11%
– Combined total of 26% or 1/4 of all waste
– 74% of food is wasted by consumers
Easy Steps to Take:
– Don't buy perishables that won't be consumed, cooked, or frozen
within their window of edibility
– store refrigerated foods in airtight containers
– save and eat leftovers later, or share them
6. A Cycle
• Nine million people in total die
from hunger or related issues
each year
• Every ten seconds a child dies
from hunger
– An estimated three hundred
million children are hungry today
(Corgan, 2015)
– Malnutrition can cause stunted
growth and developmental
impairment.
– Malnutrition continues the cycle of
poverty.
7. Education is Important
• Education on proper food
preparation and storage might
cut food waste in itself
– Increase efficiency of resource
utilization.
• Educating women specifically
may be significant in changing
the world.
– Women often assigned a
lesser status than men.
– Women are often the principle
farmers and food growers.
– Also in charge of the children.
8. Equality is Important
• Since they are often not given the
same respect as men, they also
don't recieve the same education,
financing, nor training.
– Therefore they lack the means to
produce as efficiently as they
could.
– Reversing this could end hunger
for 1.5 million people (Corgan,
2015)!
• Studies have shown birthrates
have a negative correlation to
women's education.
– As women are better educated,
birthrates decrease.
– Fewer mouths to feed means
more food to go around.
– Also fullfilling right to autonomy.
9. Change is Important
• 1990: The United Nations set what became
known as the Millennial Development Goals
(MDG)
– Eight parameters to follow that would aid in the
alleviation of world hunger
– Since then, world hunger has decreased 17%
(Corgan, 2015).
• Do we have a moral responsibility to participate
in the change?
– Right to Life
– Right to Food Security
10. Change is Important
• Developed nations have
a duty to enforce
"corrective justice."
• Restitution for developing
states mistreated and
taken advantage of.
• Moral force is strongest
when the injustice is
recent.
• Paying the victim 100%
vs. the grandchild 30%.
11. The Approach is Important
• Hunger is a multi-faceted problem,
therefore its solution is also multi-faceted.
• Usually governments focus on three core
factors:
– agriculture, health and nutrition.
• Attention must also be paid to issues
surrounding land, gender, trade and markets.
– The solution to the problem is a holistic approach.
12. The Conclusion
• World Hunger is
influenced and
maintained by many
factors.
• World hunger won't be
solved simply by
educating women or by
supermarkets donating
surplus.
• People need to care, to
be re-sensitized for a
cascade effect to take
place.
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