8/3/2019 https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/450/1196/Week07/SOC450_Assignment02.html https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/450/1196/Week07/SOC450_Assignment02.html 1/2 Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security Due Week 7 and worth 110 points The members of the United Nations found great value in the analysis you provided on the effects of global warming that result from population growth. They are now asking you write an additional analysis to include further issues related to population growth. Here is the issue they have asked you to consider: The member states of the United Nations seek to build food systems that can provide global food security which will feed everyone, everywhere, every day by improving food quality though the promotion of effective and nutritional agricultural practices. The crucial issue is not the lack of food in the world but the access to that food. In many developing countries, food shortages are due to governmental control over food distribution. These governments maintain control of the population and their power by limiting access to nutritious food to certain groups. In this practice, they thereby "weaponize" food. Your second project as a consultant for the United Nations is to develop an analysis that addresses three issues related to global food insecurity caused by global population growth and poverty, and to explore these issues in a developing country of your choosing. The UN has given you the following guidelines. Content The UN has asked that your paper contain three sections. Each section should be one page (or approximately 300 words) in length and answer specific questions, identified in the outline below. It also asks that you use examples from your developing country when answering the questions. Introduction Provide an introduction of half a page minimum that addresses points a-e below. a. Explains the problem the UN has asked you to address in your own words; b. Identifies the three sections your paper will cover; c. Identifies the developing country you will consider; d. Tells the UN the causes of food insecurity; and e. Provides a one-sentence statement of your solutions at the end of your introduction paragraph. Section I. Background a. What is food insecurity? b. What role does population growth play in food security? Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security a. What forms of technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security? b. How would these technological solutions work? c. What causes of food insecurity do these technologies address? Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country a. Considering the causes of food insecurity, what factors interrupt the flow of food from the source to the people in the developing country you selected? Conclusion Provide a conclusion of half a page minimum that includes a summary of your findings that the United Nations can us ...

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Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security
Due Week 7 and worth 110 points
The members of the United Nations found great value in the
analysis you provided on the effects of global warming that
result from population growth. They are now asking you write
an additional analysis to include further issues related to
population growth. Here is the issue
they have asked you to consider:
The member states of the United Nations seek to build food
systems that can provide global food security which will feed
everyone, everywhere, every day by improving food quality
though the promotion of effective and nutritional agricultural
practices. The crucial issue is not the lack of food in the world
but the access to that food. In many developing countries, food
shortages are due to governmental control over food
distribution. These governments maintain control of the
population and their power by limiting access to nutritious food
to certain groups. In this practice, they thereby "weaponize"
food.
Your second project as a consultant for the United Nations is to
develop an analysis that addresses three issues related to global

2. food insecurity caused by global population growth and poverty,
and to explore these issues in a developing country of your
choosing.
The UN has given you the following guidelines.
Content
The UN has asked that your paper contain three sections. Each
section should be one page (or approximately 300 words) in
length and answer specific questions, identified in the outline
below. It also asks that you use examples from your developing
country when answering the questions.
Introduction
Provide an introduction of half a page minimum that addresses
points a-e below.
a. Explains the problem the UN has asked you to address in
your own words;
b. Identifies the three sections your paper will cover;
c. Identifies the developing country you will consider;
d. Tells the UN the causes of food insecurity; and
e. Provides a one-sentence statement of your solutions at the
end of your introduction paragraph.
Section I. Background
a. What is food insecurity?
b. What role does population growth play in food security?
Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve
Food Security
a. What forms of technology can be used to reduce hunger and

3. improve food security?
b. How would these technological solutions work?
c. What causes of food insecurity do these technologies
address?
Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country
a. Considering the causes of food insecurity, what factors
interrupt the flow of food from the source to the people in the
developing country you selected?
Conclusion
Provide a conclusion of half a page minimum that includes a
summary of your findings that the United Nations can use to
inform future policy decisions.
Success Tips
In answering each question, use examples from your developing
country to illustrate your points.
The UN needs facts and objective analysis on which to base
future policy decisions; avoid personal opinion and make sure
your answers are based on information you find through
research.
Formatting Requirements
Make sure your paper consists of four to six pages of content
(or 1,200 words minimum, not including the cover or reference
pages).
Create headings for each section of your paper as follows:
Section I. Background
Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve
Food Security

4. Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country
Use and cite at least five credible sources in your research. A
list of potential resources is available below.
Make sure your paper contains both in-text citations and a
source list, per SWS guidelines: Refer to the Strayer Writing
Standards (SWS) document for reference.
Include a cover page with your name, the country you selected,
the date you submitted the paper, and your instructor’s name.
Potential Sources
1. Peter Timmer. May/June 2015. Food Security and Scarcity:
Why Ending Hunger Is So Hard. Foreign Affairs.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/food-
security-and-scarcity-why-ending-hunger-so-hard
2. The United Nations Population Division. 2017. World
Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.
https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-
population-prospects-the-2017-revision.html
3. Will Martin. November 5, 2010. Food Security and Poverty:
A Precarious Balance. Let's Talk Development blog by The
World Bank. http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/food-
security-and-poverty-a-precarious-balance
The specific course learning outcome associated with this
assignment is as follows:
Propose a plan to address the issue of global food security in
underdeveloped countries that considers the impact of prior
solutions.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,

5. using the following rubric:
Points: 110 Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security
Criteria
Exemplary
90–100% A
Proficient
80–89% B
Fair
70–79% C
Meets
Minimum
Expectations
60–69% D
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Defined food
insecurity and
addressed its
connection to
Exceeded
expectations
in explaining
the

6. Proficiently
explained the
connection
between food
Defined food
insecurity and
population
growth but
Defined food
insecurity and
population
growth but did
Did not define or
connect food
insecurity or
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/food-
security-and-scarcity-why-ending-hunger-so-hard
https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-
population-prospects-the-2017-revision.html
http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/food-security-and-
poverty-a-precarious-balance
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7. population
growth.
Weight: 20%
connection
between food
insecurity and
population
growth.
insecurity and
population
growth.
did not
sufficiently
explain the
connection
between the
two.
not explain the
connection
between the
two.
population
growth.
Explained other
issues that are
responsible for
food insecurity in
a specific

8. developing
country.
Weight: 20%
Exceeded
expectations
in explaining
issues that
are
responsible
for food
insecurity in a
specific
developing
country.
Proficiently
explained
issues that are
responsible for
food insecurity
in a specific
developing
country.
Explained
issues that
are
responsible
for food
insecurity but
did not relate
them to a
specific
developing

9. country.
Defined issues
that are
responsible for
food insecurity
but did not
relate them to a
specific
developing
country.
Did not explain
issues related to
food insecurity as
it relates to a
specific
developing
country.
Explained the
forms of
technology that
can be used to
reduce hunger
and improve food
security.
Weight: 20%
Exceeded
expectations
in explaining
how
technology
can be used

10. to reduce
hunger and
improve food
security.
Proficiently
explained how
technology
can be used to
reduce hunger
and improve
food security.
Explained
how
technology
can be used
to reduce
hunger and
improve food
security.
Listed forms of
technology that
can be used to
reduce hunger
and improve
food security
but did not
explain how
they can do so.
Did not list or
explain how forms
of technology can
be used to reduce

11. hunger or
improve food
security.
Included an
opening
paragraph and a
conclusion for
this section of the
paper.
Weight: 20%
Included a
well-thought-
out opening
statement and
a conclusion.
Included a
sufficient
opening and a
conclusion.
Did not
sufficiently
include either
an opening
statement or
a conclusion.
Missed writing
either an
opening

12. statement or a
conclusion.
Both the opening
paragraph and
conclusion are
missing.
Clarity, writing
mechanics, and
formatting.
Weight: 15%
0-2 errors
present.
3-4 errors
present.
5-6 errors
present.
7-8 errors
present.
More than 8
errors present.
Met the minimum
requirement of
five credible
sources/citations.
Weight: 5%

13. Met minimum
credible
source and
proper citation
requirement.
Used 4
credible
sources, with
few citation
errors.
Used at least
3 credible
sources and
properly cited
sources.
Used at least 2
sources but did
not properly
cite sources.
Used 1 or fewer
sources.