A presentation by students of MAMS

1. APJ Abdul Kalam

3. INTRODUCTION
Some people in India, and even the world do not get
meals . These are called FOOD PROBLEMS OF THE
WORLD.
The following can led to food problems-
 Poverty
 Food Wastage
 Natural Disasters
 Climate and Weather
In this project, we have included some countries
having food problems and the measures to be
taken to resolve the grave issue affecting world
wide.

5. FLAG OF BANGLADESH

7. WHY IS THERE FOOD SHORTAGE?
BANGLADESH is beset with many problems. Food problem is the one
and the most serious of all. Increasing population is the major cause
of food problem. Every year Bangladesh is losing about 80 thousand
hectares of its cultivable land due to the following factors-
 HOUSING, SETTING UP INDUSTRIES, SCHOOL, COLLEGE,
HOSPITAL, CONSTRUCTING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, AND
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.
Statistics show that if this rate goes on , Bangladesh will have no
agricultural land after 2080.Weather conditions are also a problem for
food problems. Latest monsoon rains have broken the river banks,
causing severe flooding and displacing agricultural lands.

11. FLAG OF CON

13. Democratic republic of Congo has many issues within their nation
and hunger being a huge issue. Hunger is a real problem within
the world. In 2010 it was reported that 925million people go
hungry each year in Congo. Hunger issues in Congo are really
bad. A report done by International Food Policy Research Institute
putted Congo the worst country in Global Hunger Index. Factors
building the food problems in Congo are-
 Civil Wars,
 Natural Disasters
 Climate
A normal Congo person eats only one meal a day . Thousands of
children remain hungry for months and 16,000 people die every
day because of hunger. If this continues, soon no one will be
living in Congo.

16. FAO (FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL
ORGANISATION) is a United Nations Agency
which helps in providing food for all. Its main
aim is “freedom from hunger”. It makes
available the resources for improving food
production. It is done by providing countries
with better seeds , controlling crop and animal
diseases , by improving irrigation facilities , by
providing better means of conservation of soil
and forests , etc.

19. FAO –FIRST TO HELP
BANGLADESH
 FAO was one of the first international agencies
to extend a considerable amount of assistance
to Bangladesh to support relief and
rehabilitation. Bangladesh has had some
success in reducing its number of hungry
people because of FAO only.

20. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FAO
FOR BANGLADESH
 Bangladesh has made substantial progress in
increasing food grain production over the last
two decades. The production of food grains in
2002-03 was 26.70 million metric tons, which
reached 28.60 million tons in the year 2003-
04 which improved overall food security
situation. Thus per capita availability of food
grains (rice+wheat) for FY03 was 202
kgs/capita/year.

21.  Poverty head count ratio remains at
the level of 44.3% ( 5.5 million people
lying under food-based absolute
poverty line). The hard core poverty
head count ratio, though, declined
over the years still counts more than
24.5 million people. Both rural and
urban Poor have low incomes and thus
low purchasing powers, which
increase the chances of consuming
food of poorer quality that may well
be also unsafe.

23. ACTIONS TAKEN BY FAO FOR
CONGO
FAO has helped and also helping Congo to
reduce Congo ‘s hungry population in the
recent years by the following methods-
FAO collects donation of food items and
send to Congo to save thousands of hungry
population.
FAO asked the Congo Government to take
action for saving agricultural lands and use
hybride seeds to increase agricultural

26. World FoodDay:
The Wonder of Food
“There is enough to feed every person on the planet so no one should go
hungry”. With this motive, on the eve of World Food Day – OCTOBER,
16, 2014 a group – ‘FOOD SAVIOUR’ was formed.
OUR MOTIVE:
After all, hunger can affect anyone and unemployment has caused an
enormous rise in hunger and hardship across the world .We are lucky
enough to have enough food to eat everyday and think about how we
can take action to help those people who are not so lucky: people who face
the agonizing question every day, ‘where is my next meal coming
from?’

27. Course of action
Sensitize other students for the need to help through:
PPT
Posters
Awareness
March to create awareness
Slogans
Collection of dry food.
Connect with NGO.
…to help feed those who need it.

28. This is our earnest effort towards the noble cause of
sensitizing and urging the masses to use food in a
judicious way so the resources reach the needy and
starving souls of the world.
Let’s not fail to stir and emote the humane and
sympathetic emotions to lighten and paths of the less
fortunate and down-trodden.
In our efforts in the same regard, we wish you to go
through the following questionnaire and promote your
feedback to improvise conscious attempts.

30. Q1 WHAT IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF FOOD
PROBLEM IN BANGLADESH?
ANS. INCREASE IN POPULATION
OR
SCARCITY OF RESOURCES

31. Q2.WHAT IS FAO?
ANS. FOOD AGRICULTURAL
ORGANIZATION

32. Q3. WHAT DOES FAO PROPAGATE?
ANS. NO WASTAGE OF FOOD
OR
CONSUMPTION OF HEALTHY FOOD

33. Q4. WHAT AFFECTS THE CULTIVABLE
LAND OF BANGLADESH?
ANS. NATURAL DISASTERS
OR
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

34. Q5. WHAT IS THE MAIN AIM OF FAO?
ANS. TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FOOD
OR
FREEDOM FROM HUNGER

35. Q6. TRUE OR FALSE: THERE IS ENOUGH
FOOD IN THE WORLD FOR EVERYONE.
ANS. TRUE
OR
FALSE

36. Q7. WHICH OF THE NO.1 HEALTH RISK IN
THE WORLD?
ANS. MALARIA
OR
HUNGER

37. Q8. WHAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT
FORM OF MALNUTRITION?
ANS. IRON DEFICIENCY
OR
VITAMIN DEFICIENCY

38. Q9. WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF
MALNOURISHED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE IS
EQUAL TO
ANS. POPULATION OF USA
POPULATION OF CANADA
POPULATION OF EUROPE
ALL OF THE ABOVE

39. Q10. WHY IS IT DIFFICULT TO COMBAT THE
PROBLEM OF HUNGER IN THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES?
ANS. BECAUSE HUNGER KILLS THE PEOPLE
WHO WOULD PRODUCE THE FOOD
OR
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SOLVING THE
PROBLEM OF WORLD HUNGER

40. DISCUSS WITH YOUR STUDENTS
THE MAIN FACTORS PORTRAYED IN
THE SLIDES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO
THE FOOD INSECURITY. WAS IT
LACK OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT,
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION,
LACK OF RESOURCES, OR
POVERTY?