Question

There is plenty of food in the world for everyone then why do so many people still die of hunger?

Answer 1

(i) Poverty means hunger and lack of shelter. It also is a situation where a person fails to attain the basic facilities like medical facilities, educational facilities and basic civic amenities.
(ii) Around 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nation and most of them are children. Though there is plenty of food in the world for everyone but due to lack of money to buy, people are malnourished, they become weaker and often sick.
(iii) This makes them increasingly less able to work, which then makes them even poorer and hungrier. This downward spiral often continues until death for them and their families.
(iv) Several programmes have been started to solve this problem in India. 'Food for work' programme-where the adults are paid with food to build schools, dig wells, make roads and so on. This both nourishes them and builds infrastructure to end the poverty.
(v) 'Food for education' programme-where the children are provided with food when they attend school. Their education will help them to escape from hunger and global poverty.