Research Paper -Hunger in India, Solutions from three fields-
I came to think about hunger since I watched the TV program which theme is “Life expectancy”. When we hear the word “hunger”, we tend to imagine a child whose stomach is bloated and their arms and legs are skinny. Besides we probably know that a lot of people die everyday. In fact, 25,000 people die everyday. What is worse, a child dies every 5 seconds in the world (S.Sisulu, 2005, para.12). It is said that one of the causes of this is over-population. India is one typical case. The second largest population makes the problem more serious. Practically, 25% of world’s hungry people live in India (Hindustan Times, June 12, 2005, para.9). About 275 million people in India live on less than $1 a day (K.Hughes, 2005, para.1). In addition, in India, an average rate of growth of agriculture is under 1.5%, which is lower than population growth that is 2.2% each year (Hindustan Times, May 28, 2005, para.3). If the growth of food production becomes unable to follow the growth of population, it will be catastrophic famine in the near future. It needs to be solved as fast as possible. We now have three solutions from different fields, Indian government, International organization, and the Indian people.
First, support from Indian governments is the most necessary. Above all, they have to supply food to the poor people. S.Sisulu, from the Global News Wire, claims that although the population increase still continues, the amount of food aid to India has decreased from 15 million tons in 1999 to 10 million tons in 2003 (2005, para.8). What sort of cruel contradiction? The population is more and more increasing; by comparison, the amount of food aid is declining though it needs more. It might cost an enormous budget and take a long time. However, it must not be ignored. The hungry people can’t wait for a long time. Of course they can’t live without food. Moreover, the middle class Indians must not content their life without knowing this problem. In India, because of unfair distribution, even if there is enough food, the people in the lower class cannot get the food. In fact, a few years ago, there was food surplus in India (Hindustan Times, May 28, 2005, para.6). It couldn’t exist food surplus in India unless there were the hungry people. However, Indian government didn’t know how to deal with it. Therefore, they exported the food to Europe and Japan as forage for pigs and cows instead of giving the food to the hungry people (Hindustan Times, May 28, 2005, para.6). Why didn’t the government know how to deal with it? They had to know existence of the hungry people. Indian government must emphasize distribution. The middle class or upper class Indians only need food corresponds to the number of people. It should not be much or less. Moreover, “redistribution of land” is recommended to produce their food (P.Bardhan, 2003, p.10). If land is distributed from large to small farmers, the land will be used effectively. It will improve the production of food. In a sense, it will also provide working place to the poor people. In addition, government has to use budget for maintaining infrastructure and public welfare. K.Hughes, from the International Herald Tribune, claims that Indian government supports the plan, which aims to improve the social and physical conditions (2005, para.6). Such as these plans should be encouraged more. For example, they need to maintain roads and water supply for making their basic life. They also need to establish hospitals, schools, and police offices for their minimum institutions. Their life would be based on these public utilities. If the poor people can work to build these utilities, they can earn money for food. What is more, public welfare should be provided. For example, to prepare enough health care is important. To provide health care to women would eventually prevent excessive growth of population. Such public welfare would also keep sanitation of surrounding good condition. It would prevent epidemic diseases. It would be big help for the poor people, as long as it is provided all of them. Also for these reason, they have to maintain their basic condition.
Second, International organizations should help developing countries. Nowadays, we place a special emphasis on international organizations. According to the Hindustan Times, there was an event that it was collaboration WFP (World Food Program) and TNT (Tuner Network Television) that aims to raise awareness people to help the poor (2005, June 12, para.1). 200,000 people in 200 cities across 90 countries participated this event (Hindustan Times, June 12, 2005, para.3, 5). They walked around their own city with holding flags and appeal to the citizens the reality of the hunger. They also aim to inform people of the importance of helping the poor people. According to the Hindustan Times, this event of this year aims to raise money more than $2.5 million (June 12, 2005, para.13). I think such a worldwide charity is very effective to inform the problem. Sisulu claims that because the children die in silence, we don't care too much although starvation occurs everyday (2005, para.13). Although we know the fact that a lot of people die from hunger everyday, we tend to get used to this fact. If a jumbo jet full of children crashed every 30 minutes everyday of the year, we would change the attitude (S.Sisulu, 2005, para.13). Although the exact same number of children dies from hunger everyday, we are horrifically getting used to this kind of news. We have to know the reality and take it more seriously. Thus International organizations should continue this kind of charity. They have to undertake the most important mission which inform of the reality to all of the world. Of course their job is not only this. They have to raise the fund. It is said that the poor children can go to school and eat healthy food by only 19 cents a day (Hindustan Times, June 12, 2005, para.6). Is it a lot of money? Absolutely not. They and we have to start acting to raise fund not only for their natural life but also their hopeful future.
Finally, I think it is the most important and hardest but most effective solution, Indian people help them by themselves. For example, there is a women’s program for teaching from education to housekeeping, health care and job training (K.Hughes, 2005, para.8). In this program, women learn literacy at first, and then they can learn about better nutrition in food and health care for their children. There is also a millionaire who helps the poor people by his wealth to lead designers, doctors, cultural institutes and top school (K.Hughes, 2005, para.13). He helps to improve their skills and give them to equipment for work (K.Hughes, 2005, para.13). He aims to breed them to manage their own business. Hughes mentions that both of them eventually aim to put back their services to other poor people for cheap or free (2005, para.14). In my opinion, making such a good cycle is the most important for them to be independent. The people who learn how to manage business can teach the next people. The people who earned money from their own jobs can employ other poor people. They can enlarge their business as like this. Such people also can create their own community; thus they can make their own well-ordered society. Besides, they can offer their services to rich people for expensive cost. Even if they offer expensive services, that cost is still cheap for rich people. If the cycle turns well as like this, the hunger problem would be solved soon. Recently, this kind of solution becomes increasingly popular. P.Bardhan also claims that expanding their opportunities for remunerative employment is the most important to help the poor people (2003, p.4). After all, it is crucial to provide occupation for earning money for food. Therefore, they need working place as fast as possible. In order to succeed, we should lead them at first as an advanced country. For example, we can give education services and business training. We can send teachers to there and teach literacy to the poor people. We can also contribute equipment for school and business. I believe this solution is the best and definite way to solve this problem. Moreover, it will be first step to their independence.
In conclusion, to solve the hunger problem in India, we have to work on together. First, support from government has to be encouraged more. They have a liability to solve this problem as a leader of India. Second, International organizations need to inform the reality to all people. They also have to raise the food aid and fund as a leader of other countries. We have to support them not only money or food but also education or health care as an advanced country. Finally, the poor Indian people can start working to solve this problem. In my opinion, I strongly want Indian people to work themselves. It sounds severe to them but to solve the problem, they can't always rely on others. I think it is the fastest way to solve the problem because they can be independent. In addition, I think that we have to emphasize distribution not only in India but also every country. Especially in advanced countries, there must be waste of food. Nowadays every supermarkets and restaurants throw their surplus away without concern. To reduce such waste can be the first step to eradicate the hunger. When these three solutions can work at the same time and redistribution is realized, this problem will be solved.
First, support from Indian governments is the most necessary. Above all, they have to supply food to the poor people. S.Sisulu, from the Global News Wire, claims that although the population increase still continues, the amount of food aid to India has decreased from 15 million tons in 1999 to 10 million tons in 2003 (2005, para.8). What sort of cruel contradiction? The population is more and more increasing; by comparison, the amount of food aid is declining though it needs more. It might cost an enormous budget and take a long time. However, it must not be ignored. The hungry people can’t wait for a long time. Of course they can’t live without food. Moreover, the middle class Indians must not content their life without knowing this problem. In India, because of unfair distribution, even if there is enough food, the people in the lower class cannot get the food. In fact, a few years ago, there was food surplus in India (Hindustan Times, May 28, 2005, para.6). It couldn’t exist food surplus in India unless there were the hungry people. However, Indian government didn’t know how to deal with it. Therefore, they exported the food to Europe and Japan as forage for pigs and cows instead of giving the food to the hungry people (Hindustan Times, May 28, 2005, para.6). Why didn’t the government know how to deal with it? They had to know existence of the hungry people. Indian government must emphasize distribution. The middle class or upper class Indians only need food corresponds to the number of people. It should not be much or less. Moreover, “redistribution of land” is recommended to produce their food (P.Bardhan, 2003, p.10). If land is distributed from large to small farmers, the land will be used effectively. It will improve the production of food. In a sense, it will also provide working place to the poor people. In addition, government has to use budget for maintaining infrastructure and public welfare. K.Hughes, from the International Herald Tribune, claims that Indian government supports the plan, which aims to improve the social and physical conditions (2005, para.6). Such as these plans should be encouraged more. For example, they need to maintain roads and water supply for making their basic life. They also need to establish hospitals, schools, and police offices for their minimum institutions. Their life would be based on these public utilities. If the poor people can work to build these utilities, they can earn money for food. What is more, public welfare should be provided. For example, to prepare enough health care is important. To provide health care to women would eventually prevent excessive growth of population. Such public welfare would also keep sanitation of surrounding good condition. It would prevent epidemic diseases. It would be big help for the poor people, as long as it is provided all of them. Also for these reason, they have to maintain their basic condition.
Second, International organizations should help developing countries. Nowadays, we place a special emphasis on international organizations. According to the Hindustan Times, there was an event that it was collaboration WFP (World Food Program) and TNT (Tuner Network Television) that aims to raise awareness people to help the poor (2005, June 12, para.1). 200,000 people in 200 cities across 90 countries participated this event (Hindustan Times, June 12, 2005, para.3, 5). They walked around their own city with holding flags and appeal to the citizens the reality of the hunger. They also aim to inform people of the importance of helping the poor people. According to the Hindustan Times, this event of this year aims to raise money more than $2.5 million (June 12, 2005, para.13). I think such a worldwide charity is very effective to inform the problem. Sisulu claims that because the children die in silence, we don't care too much although starvation occurs everyday (2005, para.13). Although we know the fact that a lot of people die from hunger everyday, we tend to get used to this fact. If a jumbo jet full of children crashed every 30 minutes everyday of the year, we would change the attitude (S.Sisulu, 2005, para.13). Although the exact same number of children dies from hunger everyday, we are horrifically getting used to this kind of news. We have to know the reality and take it more seriously. Thus International organizations should continue this kind of charity. They have to undertake the most important mission which inform of the reality to all of the world. Of course their job is not only this. They have to raise the fund. It is said that the poor children can go to school and eat healthy food by only 19 cents a day (Hindustan Times, June 12, 2005, para.6). Is it a lot of money? Absolutely not. They and we have to start acting to raise fund not only for their natural life but also their hopeful future.
Finally, I think it is the most important and hardest but most effective solution, Indian people help them by themselves. For example, there is a women’s program for teaching from education to housekeeping, health care and job training (K.Hughes, 2005, para.8). In this program, women learn literacy at first, and then they can learn about better nutrition in food and health care for their children. There is also a millionaire who helps the poor people by his wealth to lead designers, doctors, cultural institutes and top school (K.Hughes, 2005, para.13). He helps to improve their skills and give them to equipment for work (K.Hughes, 2005, para.13). He aims to breed them to manage their own business. Hughes mentions that both of them eventually aim to put back their services to other poor people for cheap or free (2005, para.14). In my opinion, making such a good cycle is the most important for them to be independent. The people who learn how to manage business can teach the next people. The people who earned money from their own jobs can employ other poor people. They can enlarge their business as like this. Such people also can create their own community; thus they can make their own well-ordered society. Besides, they can offer their services to rich people for expensive cost. Even if they offer expensive services, that cost is still cheap for rich people. If the cycle turns well as like this, the hunger problem would be solved soon. Recently, this kind of solution becomes increasingly popular. P.Bardhan also claims that expanding their opportunities for remunerative employment is the most important to help the poor people (2003, p.4). After all, it is crucial to provide occupation for earning money for food. Therefore, they need working place as fast as possible. In order to succeed, we should lead them at first as an advanced country. For example, we can give education services and business training. We can send teachers to there and teach literacy to the poor people. We can also contribute equipment for school and business. I believe this solution is the best and definite way to solve this problem. Moreover, it will be first step to their independence.
In conclusion, to solve the hunger problem in India, we have to work on together. First, support from government has to be encouraged more. They have a liability to solve this problem as a leader of India. Second, International organizations need to inform the reality to all people. They also have to raise the food aid and fund as a leader of other countries. We have to support them not only money or food but also education or health care as an advanced country. Finally, the poor Indian people can start working to solve this problem. In my opinion, I strongly want Indian people to work themselves. It sounds severe to them but to solve the problem, they can't always rely on others. I think it is the fastest way to solve the problem because they can be independent. In addition, I think that we have to emphasize distribution not only in India but also every country. Especially in advanced countries, there must be waste of food. Nowadays every supermarkets and restaurants throw their surplus away without concern. To reduce such waste can be the first step to eradicate the hunger. When these three solutions can work at the same time and redistribution is realized, this problem will be solved.
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