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Poverty and
Hunger
Eradication
Richard Seshie
Ahedor
In this paper, we offer explorative & provoking solutions that do not only
limit and appeal to youth but seek the benefit of the overall society and
where youth are given an increased role. Growing the food differently,
empowering the farmers and the communities, improving the financing &
distribution mechanisms and coping with food urgency in our opinion can
make a difference.
The food basket can be made of crops (fruits, vegetables), meat and
others.
Pigs are fed with corn to get fat and then we eat the fat pig and the corns
that fed him.
This looks like an intermediary we can avoid. 40,000 pounds of potatoes
can be grown on an acre with the same surface giving only 250 pounds of
beef7. Just one kilo of beef requires
7-16 kg of grain or soy beans, up to 15,500 liters of water and 323 m2 of
grazing land8; resources that could benefit more people.
Many groups are offering vegetarianism support to consumers
which is good but not to cattle-owners looking for a practical
shift: say Moussa realized that growing his pigs demands too much from
nature and want to grow maize, he actually do not know where to start.
We could set up an International Initiative ‘From Meat to Crops’ that
help cattle-owners to effectively transition the use of their land to grow
crops, feed more people and make profits.
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7865387.stm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchakavya
5. http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/10/37a747b43
6. http://www.biomimicry.net/
7. http://www.vegsource.com/how_to_win.htm#hunger
8. http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=38147&lang=en
EMPOWERING THE FARMERS AND THE COMMUNITIES
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_emission_trading
14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_wealth_fund
15. http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/080916_Africa.doc.htm
16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube
17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLZAMv6kVU
18. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echoupal
FOOD IN URGENCY
Many developing countries can be deemed as poor but are rich indeed
with natural resources. This is especially the truth for Africa and with the
unexpected climate change effects the continent can suffer more floods,
drought and other unprecedented events.
The former UN Oil-for Food program to support the Iraqi population during
the 1990’s19 can be revisited to introduce the concept of barter exchange20
into a formal commodity market. There should be an index of key
commodities that can be bartered for key goods under a special
international mechanism meant for emergency situations. Such a
mechanism can be crucial for time-response, advantageous as
unnecessary costs avoided in normal transactions can mean more food
bought and could be tax-free.
CONCLUSION
19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil-for-food_program
20. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter