Times Talk Topics:Global Hunger

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2012 Global Hunger IndexProduced by the International Food Policy Research Institute. 

"In this report, IFPRI describes the evidence on land, water, and energy scarcity in developing countries and offers two visions of a future global food system—an unsustainable scenario in which current trends in resource use continue, and a sustainable scenario in which access to food, modern energy, and clean water improves significantly and ecosystem degradation is halted or reversed."

The Global Food Crisis: An in-depth 2008 report from CQ Researcher database.

Kilman, S., and Thurow, R.  (2010).  Fighting famine:  A band-aid for the poor has become an industry for the rich.  Human Rights, 37(10). Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

 Henshaw, Caroline. (2011, July 21).  Incoming FAO chief says Brazil program offers model for fighting global hunger. Wall Street Journal (Online). Retrieved from ABI/Inform Global database.

Reducing Global Hunger and Poverty Starts with Better Nutrition for Women. (30  March, 2011). Business Wire.  Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Dateline database.

2010 Global Hunger Index released today. (2010, Oct. 10).  PR Newswire.  Retrieved from ABI/Inform Dateline database.

Web Sites

Universities Fighting World Hunger: "In partnership with the UN World Food Programme, Universities Fighting World Hunger will be the catalyst mobilizing universities across the nation and around the globe to make fighting hunger a core value of higher education institutions worldwide."  FHSU is a member of this organization.

World Hunger.org Web site of the World Hunger Education Service, and home of Hunger Notes, an online publication containing news of hunger and poverty throughout the world, as well as reviews of relevant books, collections of editorials, Hunger Fact Sheets, quizzes, printable posters, and more.

OneWorld.org Food Security Guide:  Extensive information, statistics, videos, and links covering many aspects of global hunger, its causes and solutions.  Check out this web site's great information on many other topics related to world problems and social justice.

World Food Programme:  Fighting Hunger Worldwide.  WFP is "the food aid arm of the United Nations, and the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger". This site contains news, videos, statistics and country-specific information about hunger worldwide. Includes a printable Hunger Map,  Hunger Statistics, and more.

Oxfam International:  "Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working together in 98 countries and with partners and allies around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice."

WorldBank Food Crisis Information Portal:  News, research, and statistics on the world food crisis and soaring food prices.

Feed the Future.gov: "Through this Presidential Initiative, the U.S. is helping countries transform their own agricultural sectors to grow enough food sustainably to feed their people. This way, valuable food aid can be used for unforeseen catastrophes rather than for chronic food insecurity or predictable cycles of drought or flooding." ~fact sheet

Dr. Shala Mills

Books & E-Books on the History of Famine

Government Documents

U.S. Dept. of State, Office of Global Food Security. (2009).  Global Hunger & Food Security Fact Sheet.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' State of Food Insecurity in the World: Addressing Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises (Downloadable Report). 2010. 52 pages.

U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2010). Global Food Security: U.S. Agencies Progressing on Government-wide Strategy, but Approach Faces Several Vulnerabilities: Report to Congressional Requesters.  93 pages.

United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations. (2010).  Promoting global food security: next steps for Congress and the administration. 71 pages.

United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations.  (2009).  Alleviating Global Hunger:Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership. 72 pages.

United States Senate, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.  (2010). Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.  56 pages.

Nord, M., U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.  (2009).  Food Insecurity in Households with Children:  Prevalence, Severity and Household Characteristics.  43 pages.

Watch Times Talk: The Face of Global Hunger

   

 Sr. Terry Wasinger, Heartland Farm

Rick McNary, Stop Hunger Now

Global Hunger Presentation by Dr. Shala Mills and Kelly Nuckolls