World Hunger

• Can an African "Green Revolution" Help Feed the World? -- Reuters (02 May 2012)
  
  
• African Agriculture: Dirt Poor -- Nature (28 March 2012)
  
  
• Hard Times Mean Fewer Baby Boys, Study Suggests -- LiveScience (27 March 2012)
  
  
• African Tuber: A Root Cause of Famine -- Discovery News (23 November 2011)
  
  
• Global Population Reaches 7 Billion: Can We Really Feed the World? -- Telegraph (25 October 2011)
  
  
• Hunger in Minnesota -- Minnesota Public Radio
  • For one in 10 Minnesotans, getting enough to eat is sometimes a problem.

    Some skip meals so their kids can eat; some go to extreme lengths to consume enough food. Many turn to cheap calories, and most experience the anxiety that comes with not always knowing where they will find their next meal.

    MPR News is spending much of this year exploring hunger, looking at causes and consequences, at public policy and the latest research, at gaps in the system and at innovative ways Minnesota residents are finding to help. This Ground Level topic page is an introduction to our coverage, to people taking action and to resources that can help you learn more.

    
    
• 'Africa Can Feed the World' -- Guardian (27 July 2011)
  
  
• After an official declaration of famine in Somalia, supplies begin to arrive -- The Scout Report, August 5, 2011 | Volume 17, Number 31
  
  
• UN declared famine in Somalia <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14211905> <Q&A: East Africa hunger crisis>.
  • Minnesota has one of the largest Somali populations outside of the country, and hence there is more than the normal local interest in unfolding events in that country: “Minnesota Somalis unite to aid starving homeland” <http://www.startribune.com/local/125991208.html> (StarTribune, 22 July 2011).

In the news...

From The Scout Report
6 March 2009

http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/bp/bp010.pdf

The goal of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is to seek "sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty." Their work is supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, which is an alliance of 64 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations. A substantial part of their work involves performing and disseminating research papers and policy briefs for different stakeholders. This 4-page policy brief was published in February 2009, and was written by Joachim von Braun and Maximo Torero. In the brief, the authors look at ways in which various governments and non-governmental organizations might be able to avoid international food price crises in the future. The report looks at recent food price spikes and the role that speculative capital has played in the past, along with advocating the creation of reserves in order to avoid future crises. [KMG]

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology

Bush-Meat Ban Would Devastate Africa's Animals, Poor? National Geographic News (9/16/08)

• Calls for Bushmeat Ban Rejected BBC News (9/16/08)

• Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health -- National Library of Medicine
  
  
• An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up -- New York Times (24 July 2009)
  
  
• Bloom, Jonathan. American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do about It). Da Capo Lifelong, 2010.
  
  
• Boucher, Douglas H. The Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World. Oakland, CA: Food First Books, 1999.
  
  
• Bread for the World
  
  
• Carolan, Michael. The Real Cost of Cheap Food. Routledge, 2011.
  
  
• Ethics Update: World Hunger -- Lawrence M. Hinman
  
  
• video: A Feast Amid Famine: The World Food Paradox. (60 min., 1990, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia VC 1773)
  
  
• Food and hunger -- AlertNet, Thompson Reuters Foundation
  
  
• Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
  
  
• Global Food Crisis -- Brookings
  
  
• Global Footprint Network
  
  
• History of Hungar -- BBCNews
  
  
• Kenya's Poor Hungry in the Midst of Plenty -- National Geographic News (5/30/08)
  
  
• Food Research And Action Center
  
  
• Lappé, Frances Moore, and Joseph Collins, and Peter Rossert. World Hunger: Twelve Myths, Second Ed. NY: Grove, 1998.
  
  
• Lappé, Frances Moore, and Joseph Collins, with Cary Fowler. Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin, 1977.
  
  
• Newman, Lucile F. (Ed.). Hunger in History: Food Shortage, Proverty, and Deprivation. Wiley-Blackwell, 1995.
  
  
• Solar Cookers International
  
  
• Statistics on poverty & food wastage in America -- Samana Siddiqi
  
  
• Thurow, Roger, and Scott Kilman. Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in and Age of Plenty. NY: Perseus Books / PublicAffairs, 2009.
  
  
• Today, over 22,000 children died around the world -- Global Issues (20 September 2010)
  
  
• USDA Economic Research Service
  • Diet, Health and Safety
    • Food Security & Hunger
      
      
• video: Waiting ["Waiting chronicles the remarkable dignity of a people in a truly desperate situation. The people of the town of Alek have run out of food. The grain crop has been consumed, and enemies have stolen their livestock. Desperate, the people appeal for hunger relief. One hundred and forty five tons of grain are air-dropped into Alek, but there is a problem: without enough relief workers to distribute the food properly, there might be a riot. For a week, as the food sits on the ground, everyone, the starving Dinkas, and the well-fed aid workers, waits for relief"--Container. ] (33 min., 1996, UMD Library Multimedia VC 3349)
  
  
• Who, what, why: What is a famine? -- BBCNews
  
  
• WorldHunger.org
  • World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics 2010