The World Hunger

Question: Describe about the World Hunger. Answer: The state of hunger in the world continues to wreck havoc in most parts of the world (Fan and Mark: 21). The situation as it is can well be understood in the context of three different but related concepts that include; food poverty, food shortage, and food deprivation. While food shortage refers to a situation where food supplies are inadequate to satisfy the needs of the people living in a given area, food poverty refers to a situation whereby a given household cannot obtain enough food to satisfy all its members. On the other hand, food deprivation refers to a situation whereby a person has inadequate access to food or proper nutrition thus resulting in malnutrition. According to the Global State of Hunger (Friedrich: 19) all these aspects are evident in today's world state of hunger and as it trickles down to the regional level to national level, household and subsequently to an individual level. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to provide a rhetorical analysis of two sources related to the topic of the world hunger. The two sources are; the regime complex for food security: Implications for the global hunger challenge." Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations by Margulis Matias and Feeding the Planet or Feeding Us a Line? Agribusiness, Grainwashing,'and Hunger in the World Food System by Scanlan Stephen. Scanlan is particularly concerned about the effects of globalization and Agribusiness environmental communication and how the two have contributed to food shortage and insecurity across the world (Scanlan: 358). He is also concerned that although the number of the hunger-stricken population has declined significantly over the past few years, the two have a role to play to bring the number down (Scanlan: 357). The author brings the readers to the attention of the effect that heightened global supply chain has had on food supply. Food has been treated just like any other product in the market. Consequently, the production and supply of food has led to the decline in food sovereignty since the dynamics in the world market determine who gets access to food, what food is available and how much it costs (Scanlan:360). As a result, the greater world's population which majorly comprises of the poor has limited access to sufficient food. According to the author, hunger is primarily a problem associated with the environmental communication thus the need to focus on the environment to ensure sustainable agriculture (Scanlan: 360). Stephen mainly addresses the companies that are involved in the world market and urges them to work towards ensuring food sustainability through such methods as; employing new agricultural related technologies, increase free markets, global integration, and ease supply chains. On the other hand, Margulis Matias addresses the reemergence of the issue of food insecurity and points some of the contributing factors that include; unreliable energy prices, bans on food trading, world policies on biofuels as well as the hearsay about the market of various commodities (Margulis:57). The writer brings the reader to the light about the failure of the Millennium Development goal to meet the challenges of food insecurity. As a result, the readers ought to also think about the possibility of malnutrition and undernutrition to impede the achievement of other Millennium development goals such as improving human and social development and health (McGuire: 27). The author claims that the issue of food price crisis and the politics continue to deteriorate the already worsened situation about world food security (Margulis: 58). Therefore, there is the need for the policy makers to reform the global governance of food security. The author addresses the key stakeholders in the global reform policy makers that include; the various regional bodies, the United Nations, Bretton Woods institutions and other groups that play primary roles in the world market (Margulis:60). Despite the separately articulated issues by the two authors, the two sources are similar in that they address similar issues about food insecurity in the world. They cite both politics and changing market prices as the major problems that lead to food insecurity and hunger across the world. In addition, they also agree that environmental or climate change also leads to increased hunger and food insecurity, particularly in the developing countries, thus challenging a sustainable food supply to the world's population. They also agree that hunger continues to be a major issue affecting a larger world's population despite the decline in 2009. However, the two sources differ in that while Margulis pays much attention to the construction of an international food security regime, Scanlan lays emphasis on the significance of environmental communication in minimizing hunger and food insecurity. Therefore, following the issues addressed above, it is evident that the sources complement each ot her by focusing on the issue of hunger, food insecurity, food supply and the role of politics in shaping these aspects. Works Cited Fan, S. A., and Mark W. Rose Grant. Investing in agriculture to overcome the world food crisis and reduce poverty and hunger. Washington, DC: IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), 2016. Print. Friedrich, M. J. "Global State of Hunger." JAMA 312.19 (2014): 1961-1961. Print. Margulis, Matias E. "The regime complex for food security: Implications for the global hunger challenge." Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 19.1 (2013): 53-67. Print. McGuire, S. 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