HUNGER: AGLOBAL AGENDA

Reduction of hunger are key priorities and targets top of global agenda from past few years.
These are few facts going to tell us what the world is facing due to lack of proper nutritious food ● At least 800 million people suffer from malnutrition ● Sub-Saharan Africa has an infant mortality rate of 9.2 per cent and three million children in the region have gone blind due to a deficiency of Vitamin A ● an estimated 1.3 billion people live on less than $1 per day, insufficient income to purchase an adequate diet The above mentioned facts are mentioned   in last month’s famous magazine 'Forbes'.Poverty is the principal cause of hunger and hike in prices of the resources due to limited production. Hunger is also a cause of poverty and thus by causing poor health, small body size, low levels of energy, and reductions in mental functioning, hunger can lead to even greater poverty by reducing people’s ability to work and learn, thus leading to even greater hunger Meat production is a wasteful use of the planet's limited resources. Even today 40% of grain crops are going to feed livestock’s and fish. It is most inefficient with intensive beef farming where it has been shown that just 2.5 % of the feed given to cattle emerges as calories of our consumption
That is why UN said agricultural production will have to rise 60% to feed the extra 2 billion mouths in 2050
The above data is given on UN website

Does the world produce enough food to feed everyone? The world produces enough food to feed everyone. For the world as a whole, per capita food availability has risen from about 2220 kcal/person/day in the early 1960s to 2790 kcal/person/day in 2006-08, while developing countries even recorded a leap from 1850 kcal/person/day to over 2640 kcal/person/day
As per data given by FAO Yes genetically modified crops will help out the world to achieve zero hunger
everyone can agree that hunger in the 21st century is horrible and preventable. Sustainable Development Goals, agreed upon by 193 nations in September of 2015, include the aim to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. Achieving Zero Hunger, compared to the 795 million people who are food insecure today, is a noble goal. I believe in order for us to reach this goal, biotechnology is going to play a vital role and end this world from craving.
Biotechnology is one of tomorrow’s tools in our hands today. Slowing its acceptance is a luxury our hungry world cannot afford
           —Monsanto advertisement
The price of the product is set by the demand, quantity & quality of the product
We can always increase the production with the help of different modified seeds and techniques.
Temperature and the envoi mental conditions are changing day by day.
We should change our strategies by taking help of advanced technologies to increase the productivity of the raw materials and when the availability of excess amount of raw resources we will going to resolve this issue to some extent.

UDAY GOSWAMI.

M.Sc 3^RD SEMESTER.

INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY.