Hi! Thanks for the question.
There are different proposed solutions to world hunger. Please take
note however that the effectiveness of any solution to world hunger is
vigorously being debated upon by different sectors.
Let us first take a look at the immediate issue of food.
One popular way to increase food is through efficient farming. An
answer to this according to some is organic farming.
“Organic agricultural methods are less intensive and in industrial
countries yields are somewhat lower than those of conventional
agriculture. But it would be erroneous to globalise this view. In the
developing countries, and especially among the most impoverished
groups, land is farmed at a very low level of intensity. Small farmers
in the developing world do not have the means to buy fertilizers,
pesticides, HYVs or other substances used in conventional agriculture.
In this situation training farmers to make compost from household
waste for use as manure and other little tricks of organic agriculture
can increase yields dramatically. Double, treble and even higher
increases in yields have been experienced in experimental projects.
There is no need to transport artificial fertilizers over long
distances and equally there is no need for excessive irrigation.”
“Is organic agriculture a possible solution to world hunger”
http://www.rain.org/~sals/press7.html
Another solution being proposed is the use of biotechnology or
genetically engineered foods.
“Experts are of the opinion that biotechnology can make up for the
difference since it assures higher yields, nutritionally rich
varieties, reduced costs of production, less damage from pests and
diseases and, more importantly for Africa, drought resistant
varieties.”
“The success story has been the tissue culture banana pioneered by
Prof Esther Kahangi, which has increased yields of the crop, while at
the same time shortening maturity time to nine months instead of the
conventional variety's 15 months. Household income has reportedly gone
up from Ksh 700 to Ksh 5ooo per harvest. The irish potato in Rift
valley has registered increased yield of upto 150 bags from 80
previously with non Tissue Culture varieties. The downside to this
technology is that pests and diseases found in the soil still remain a
problem.”
“Can Biotech Solve Our Food Problems?”
http://allafrica.com/stories/200304280079.html
According to some going vegetarian will solve world hunger.
“VEGFAM FEEDING THE WORLD”
http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/vegfam/feed.htm
One very controversial philosophical solution to world hunger is the
lifeboat ethic.
“This idea was popularized by Dr. Garrett Hardin at the University of
California at Santa Barbara. He uses the metaphor of the lifeboat to
explain how rich nations are surrounded by poor ones who want to get
into the lifeboat. He says, at some point, we have to push them back
into the water to prevent us all from sinking.”
“Proponents of this lifeboat ethic suggest that we use the principle
of triage and stop shipments of food to Third World nations facing
starvation. After all, they argue, there is only so much room in the
lifeboat or on ‘Spaceship Earth.’ We must push the rest of these
people off the boat in order to save ourselves.”
“World Hunger”
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/hunger.html
Other solutions you might want to take note includes the following:
Community Self Reliance Programs
http://www.freedomfromhunger.org/solutions.html
Economic Justice
http://www.crcjustice.org/crjs_hunger.htm
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