THE ISSUES

• Globalization
• Population
• Food & Hunger
• Consumption
• Human Rights
• Energy
• The Environment
• War & Conflict 

FOOD & HUNGER

         The number of people suffering from hunger in the world today is unknown.  Malnutrition leads to the death of more people than hunger by causing weakness and susceptibility to disease.  The leading cause of hunger is poverty, making food too expensive at any price.  The use of a region’s resources to produce food and livestock for export rather than domestic consumption also contributes to the problem.  Most cases of starvation and malnutrition occur among the poor, especially women and children. With developments in science and technology, however, the world’s production of food has increased more than enough for every person to have enough to eat.  The Green Revolution brought new agricultural technology to the third world. Aquaculture leads to larger harvests of fish from inland and coastal waters.  Biotechnology and genetic engineering are creating new species of plants and animals, though not without controversial consequences.

 

RELATED SITES

Biotechnology Basics
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FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

GM & Biotechnology at Scientific American
Scientific American explores Poison Plants? - The case for and against genetically modified crops.

Heifer Project International
Our efforts are dedicated to the sustainability of providing food- and income-producing animals, training and related assistance to families and communities around the world.  Give a present for birthday or other occasion that helps end hunger. Honor a friend by providing a cow, llama, bees or ducks to help a struggling family become self-reliant. Heifer Project International has helped 4 million families through the gift of livestock and training.

The Hunger Project
The Hunger Project is a strategic organization and global movement committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. 

Monsanto
As a life sciences company, Monsanto is committed to finding solutions to the growing global needs for food and health by sharing common forms of science and technology among agriculture, nutrition and health.  Our family of 30,000 employees worldwide seeks to make and market high-value agricultural products, pharmaceuticals and food ingredients in a manner that achieves environmental sustainability. 

World Aquaculture
This site is designed to present a vast, dynamic database of information pertaining to aquaculture.