Archive for the ‘Food security’ Category

24 Feb

The Power of Bill Gates

Posted by Julie Nordskog in Developing Regions, Education, Food security, Health, Philanthropy, Poverty, Sustainable Development, World Issues. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Let me qualify this post by saying that I am posing a question, not an outright criticism.

But I can’t help but wonder…who is Bill Gates and how is he is changing the face of the world not only with his money but also with his opinions on development policy and his access to world leaders?

Gates is a famous businessman (formerly the world’s richest) and, since 2006, a full-time  philanthropist.  And, thinking about it, this is one powerful guy.

Yesterday, February 24th, Gates committed $200 million dollars to helping small farmers in developing regions. Continue reading →

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1 Feb

Can famine be fixed?

Posted by Julie Nordskog in Food security, Hunger, Poverty, Sustainable Development, World Issues. Tagged: , , , , , .

From the Poverty Matters blog:   Famine isn’t an “anomaly”, but the predictable result of a broken–and complex– system of food production and distribution.  Hunger, of course, is not just a problem limited to Africa or elsewhere in the developing world, but a global challenge.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jan/30/famine-predictable-result-broken-system

MSNBC reported in 2006 that the number of people in the world who are obese had surpassed the number of people who are undernourished.

What can be done to “fix the system” so that people do not unnecessarily starve?