Poverty, and hunger

The Cleaner Production Programme provides an active contribution to the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the achievement of United Nations Millennium Development Goals 1 (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger), 7 (ensure environmental sustainability) and 8 (develop a global partnership for development). 

Serageldin, Ismail. 2002. The rice genome World poverty and hunger—The challenge for science. Science 296(5565) 54-58. 

Among the Millennium Development Goals, Goal 1 is to Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger . It has a target to Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than 1 a day . 

P. Pingali, K. Stamoulis, R. Stringer, Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger, ESA Working Paper No. 06-01, FAO, Rome, 2006. 

With respect to dietary therapy our results confirm the clinical and epidemiological experiences that diets of poverty and hunger cannot sustain hyperuricemia. Therefore, therapy of the majority of cases of gout by diet alone is theoretically feasible. However, in my hometown nobody would accept such a diet, low in everything people in Germany love. 

We would all like to live in a world free of hunger, disease, and poverty - and maybe that s an impossible dream. We would all like to live a life that is healthy, long, safe, and enjoyable - and maybe that s an impossible dream as well. We would all like our needs to be met by using only renewable resources - and that too seems an impossible dream. In fact none of these dreams is impossible. The application of chemistry has brought great benefits to millions in the developed world and there is no reason why these benefits could not be enjoyed by all the Earth s inhabitants, and for as long as humans inhabit this planet. 

Poverty and himger contribute to conflicts and insecurity and divert national resources away from developmental activities. Peace and stability are necessary for reducing hunger and poverty Conflicts and wars affect rural areas and agriculture first, exacerbating the problem of food security. And food insecurity is known to cause wars and conflicts. 

The world s most pressing problem is poverty and associated hunger (Figure 6.1). 600 milhon children live in absolute poverty (SCF, Beat Poverty 2003). Over 1 billion people live on less than 1 a day with nearly half the world s population (2.8 billion) living on less than 2 a day (UN HDR, 2003). Eradication of hunger and extreme poverty is now the first millennium goal of the United Nations. ... 

Global poverty and human development are two important issues of our time that require a collaborative effort to increase awareness, interest, and research. Some 800 million people still experience chronic and transitory hunger each year. Over the next 50 years, we face the daunting job of feeding 3.5 billion additional people, most of whom will begin life in poverty. The battle to alleviate poverty and improve human health and productivity will require dynamic agricultural development. 

The Millennium Council, established by the United States White House in 1998, created a series of development goals, to be implemented in 2015, with the aim of reducing poverty and child mortality. While the majority of the goals are related to reducing hunger—indirectly affecting water demand—two specifically address water supply issues ... 

Newman, L. F. (Ed.). (1990). Hunger in history Food shortage, poverty and deprivation. Oxford, UK Basil Blackwell. 

There can be little doubt that wider use of the proper fungicides and pesticides on tropical food crops could do much to alleviate the hunger and poverty of many people. But there are several reasons why this development will probably be slow. First of all, accurate information on the nature and control of local pests is lacking for much of the tropics. Recommendations too often are based on experience in the... 

It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, of a rich country inhabited by starving people. 

Hunger or Fastings consists of a reduction in nourishment, and this leads to the natural d im inution of these kinds of needs. It is assured in the spirit of poverty, modesty, m i Id ness, calm, purity. 

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Number 1, that used 1990/92 as its base line, wished for halving global hunger and poverty by 2015. In 1990/92,... 

Following are some specific actions which must be taken if we wish to alleviate hunger and poverty ... 

Corruption is highest in the poorest and most food-insecure countries. A few years ago, a Prime Minister of one of these countries estimated that 78% of the aid money received in the country did not reach the people it was meant to help. Lack of transparency and accountability discourages external assistance and private investments. The war on hunger and poverty will not be won until the affected governments themselves make it their own war and fight it honestly and bravely with assistance of their allies. Others may help but will not win the war for them. 

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