Ending hunger: An idea whose time has come

By Praeger Scientific and The Hunger Project

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030055490
• ISBN13: 9780030055492
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent pictures

Great resource for teachers. Photos are huge and great to show students.

Dated but still relevant

In the late 1970's many studies were completed, including one by President Carter, that indicated that there was enough capacity to feed everyone on the planet. What was missing was a discussion about why there were still millions of people dying from hunger and hunger related diseases every year. The Hunger Project was founded to develop a global conversation for ending hunger on the planet by the year 2000. A noble but obviously optimistic goal, especially in retrospect. The premise of the book and The Hunger Project is that hunger like many human conditions, is believed to be part of the human condition. This belief is grounded throughout man's history. It is only in our modern era through breakthroughs in farming, fertilizers, water management, and low tech local solutions like goat banking that the resources are finally available to end hunger on the planet. Ending hunger on the planet does not mean no one dies as a result of hunger or hunger related diseases. It means that no country on the planet has an infant mortailty rate over 50. When the book was written in 1985, the popular belief was that is was not possible to end hunger. The Hunger Project, with this book started an effort to create a shift in the public discourse. The objective was to get people to acknowledge and readily agree, hunger can be ended. That was accomplished. People know hunger can be ended. What people say today is, "that we probably won't". Mostly that relates to war, politics and distribution. The Hunger Project of today is actively engaged in providing education and programs on a local basis to turn the tide on hunger in Africa and India. The two continents with the greatest challenges. From a historical context good reading.