What Is Wasting? As many as 785 million people go hungry around the world every day and 45 million of these are children. The eradication of hunger is a Complex Wicked Problem that affects 1 in 11 people worldwide, most notably in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific, and Southern Asia. The UN defines hunger as periods […]
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Health, Human Rights, Society
Recent years have witnessed huge progress within the scientific community to abolish world hunger. However, global warming-induced floods, droughts, and population growth in developing nations cast doubt on humanity’s ability to solve this problem. Food insecurity is a serious issue in many parts of the globe. This is further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, social
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Environment, Health, Human Rights, Strategy
Lab-Grown Meat As an Alternative The impact animal agriculture is having on the environment is hugely detrimental. Between greenhouse gases and climate change, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss through the clearing of land, deforestation, and excessive water use, animal agriculture is one of the planet’s biggest concerns (Eisen et al, 2022). Our agricultural model is one
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Science, Strategy, Sustainability
Global population growth rates affect every element of collective human well-being, from the management of resources, to urban population density, to our ability to feed the planet. Religion, economics and differences in social structures all influence a country’s birth rate. Further, there is a strong link between birth rates and countries suffering from hunger and
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Environment, Society, Sustainability
The facts on food waste point to a major global problem. Every year 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted around the world. That creates serious threats to our food security, economies, and the environment. It’s equivalent to throwing away US $1 trillion annually. Worse, an estimated 800 million people currently live in
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Environment, Society, Sustainability
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to ensure no person goes hungry by 2030. To achieve this, we will need to address food security, improved nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. However, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation found that nearly 690 million people, or 8.9 per cent of the world suffers from hunger. As a result,
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Environment, Government, Health, Society
