Hunger Issues in the World :: World Hunger

There argon people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread Charles Dickens, Oliver thread World hunger is one of the biggest problems faced in this world today. close to 24,000 people die every day, and most of these deaths are faced by children nether five. Even though there is a lot of food in the world, some people in the world cant access these foods because of poverty. About 1/10 of the world population suffer from chronic hunger every year. Because of the hunger problem, the majority of people suffer from blindness, anemia, malnutrition related problems and other diseases because they are not getting sufficiency diet.There are lots of countries facing hunger issues in the world. Most of the hungry countries are undeveloped countries and some ontogenesis countries. Some of the hungry countries are, D.R. Congo, Somalia, Burundi, Eritrea, Mozambique, Zambia, Haiti, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. Most of the hungry countries are located in Africa. Out of all these countries Somalia is hungriest country in Africa, and followed by Haiti in aboriginal America. The main reason why there are lots of hunger crisis in Somalia is because of the natural resources were destroyed by the civil war. Another reason is many amounts of drought and flooding. But one of the main reasons that Somalia is hungry is poverty. Their per capita GDP per year is $500. Since their natural resources were destroyed by the civil war, they cant grow adapted food. So, the food gets transported from other countries the food prices increases every day. Many people in the country are poverty that means that they cant buy enough food to feed themselves because it is too expensive. The second hungriest country in the world is Haiti. Some problem it faces that leads to hunger is 80 percent of people live in poverty. Most of their natural resources were destroyed by hurricanes, floods, and tropical storms. An additional reason wh y Haiti is hungry is because they have weak government. Bibliography United Nations World nutrient syllabus (WFP), Oxfam, UNICEF. Hunger and World Poverty January 2007. . Found online Sunday, December 13, 2009 The State of Food Insecurety in the World 2003, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation UN World Food Program U.