Written by: Simone Shree Pathak - 2023012, Grade IX
Posted on: 15 February, 2021
Starvation is one of the most important issues in today’s world. In general, starvation is a state of suffering caused by hunger. As we all know food is a very important aspect of a human being’s life. Millions of people are starving to death every day. This has caused a major negative impact on the world. There is a scarcity of food in some places all around the world. Even small toddlers are facing this problem. This problem can cause a scarcity of food all over the world.
According to the worldvision.org website; globally, about 8.9% of the world’s population — 690 million people — go to bed on an empty stomach each night. Since 2014, the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise. If it continues at this rate, it’ll exceed 840 million by 2030. The world’s condition will eventually deteriorate as time goes on if this continues. One of the main reasons for global hunger would be poverty. In this materialistic world, almost anything can be bought with money. Food is respectively among the things that can be bought with money. And those who don’t have money fall into a disadvantage resulting in starvation.
A primary solution to this would be alleviating poverty. If poverty is alleviated — not only poverty but a lot of problems can be solved. It is our responsibility to alleviate starvation as the ones who brought this upon ourselves and also for the prevention of scarcity of food all over the world.
